This blurry object of desire French. language.

French poet and writer Pierre Louÿs is well known to lovers of sensual poetry and prose. We present to the reader two of his works — “Aphrodite. Ancient morals” and “The Woman and the Puppet”.
The brilliant and scandalous “Aphrodite” made... the 26-year-old author famous and has endured no less than a hundred reprints in his homeland.
The author’s most famous novel “The Woman and the Puppet” has excited more than one generation of readers. On the pages free from conventions lives sensual love in all its manifestations. The book has been repeatedly adapted for film, including by the great Luis Buñuel under the title “That Obscure Object of Desire”.
“Sometimes we desire desire itself, we enjoy being in this state that lifts us above the flatness of everyday life.” J.-K. Huysmans
The book presents the complete unadapted text of the works in the original language.