Burnier, Andreas - De huilende libertijn

Title: The Weeping Libertine

Author: Andreas Burnier

Number of pages: 160

Publisher: Kleine Uil

Format: Paperback

Publication year: 2025

Summary:

The Weeping Libertine is 'the first novel about women in which no one dies, no one goes insane, no one has to marry, no one takes their money to the psychiatrist, and in which there is also something to laugh about'. That's what Andreas Burnier wrote on the back cover of the first edition of this cheerful lesbian adventure novel.

When philosophy student Jean Brookman comes into the sphere of influence of Laïs Lefèbre, a whole new world opens up for her, taking her to Malaga, Santiago de Compostela, Athens and finally Turkey. остроумно and ironically, Burnier dissects the double standards of her time - and perhaps of ours.

The male critics of her time found it difficult to deal with this novel in which fiction, philosophical essay and social criticism flow together in an original way. Both the form of the novel and her reflections on gender, freedom and authenticity are as visionary as they are urgent. This re-issue contains an afterword by Doeke Sijens, an admirer of Burnier's work.

Relevant tags:

Novel, Literature, Lesbian, Adventure, freedom