A delicate boy growing up in Paris, Jerome Palissier spends many
summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside, where the
whole world seems 'steeped in azure'. There he falls deeply in love
with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually Alissa
becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his
soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress
everything that is beautiful in herself - in both mind and body. A
devastating exploration of aestheticism taken to extremes, "Strait
is the Gate" is a novel of haunting beauty that stimulates the mind
and the emotions.
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