In a series of erotic tableaux where joy and seriousness of the situation struggle for the upper hand, Anne Serre gives us a game of excess and bad behavior more apt to enchant than unsettle.
Early on, the "table with the gleaming disc" acts as both an erotic object and a means of divination, charged with messages that our heroine, once grown up, will be driven to decode.
This mysterious and bewitching novel has the charm and deep resonance of a fairy tale.