The Summer Of Rayne Book

I read this book about ten years ago and I was reminded that I had it this morning when I was looking at another Goodreader's "shelves" as is my want.

Looking briefly through this selection of thirty short stories, the most famous of which was the "Boule de Suif", or "suet dumpling", I vividly recalled this one about a Rouen prostitute. She was:

"Short, completely round, fat as a pig, with puffy fingers constricted at the joints like strings of tiny sausages, taut shiny skin, and huge breasts swelling underneath her dress, her freshness was so attractive that she nonetheless remained desirable and much sought after."

I guess that there is no accounting for taste but this book is worth acquiring purely to read this.

The stories are wide and diverse and I feel that Maupassant was a great loss to the literary world with his early death in an asylum at the age of forty-two.

An excellent read!