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AUTHOR

‘For my mother, writing Salt on my Skin was a real challenge. She wanted to describe, in a very crude way—without falling into ridicule or vulgarity—an intense carnal passion between two beings that were disparate in absolutely everything except sex. Treading the line between pornography and sickly sweet romance was risky, particularly since she wanted to talk about female pleasure in a way that nobody had done before. Especially not a woman.’

BLANDINE DE CAUNES, daughter of Benoîte Groult

TRANSLATOR

‘Groult’s is an intellectual’s humor, requiring, for example, a familiarity with medieval sexual terminology, of all things! There was also a trap to avoid: by choosing the right literal word, one too often lost her sub-text. Her true voice, unrelated to any sub-text, is her love of the ocean, her understanding of it, her expression of its power. That is what is so difficult for a translator to totally capture.’

PUBLISHER

‘Benoîte Groult’s writing still feels incredibly fresh and modern. Three decades after the first publication, her novel still—or should I say again?—manages to shed new light on sexuality and the female body. With her own particular wisdom and great sense of humor, her free spirit breathes from the book’s pages.’