Woman and Puppet, Etc.
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2016-02-02 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #51107 |
Description
"Woman and Puppet, Etc." by Pierre Louÿs is a novel written in 1898. Set during carnival in Seville, it tells the story of don Mateo Diaz and his turbulent relationship with Conchita Pérez, a bewitching young Andalusian woman. Through cycles of attraction and rejection, flirtation and jealousy, don Mateo finds himself manipulated for fourteen months before a violent confrontation changes everything. The novel explores obsessive passion and psychological manipulation in a tale that has inspired numerous opera and film adaptations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)