Belle du Seigneur

Albert Cohen Albert Cohen Albert COHEN 15 albert cohen First published 1968

About this book

In 1930s Geneva, an official who rose high in the League of Nations by concealing his Jewish roots sets out to seduce a colleague's wife who represents his ideal of absolute love. A look at the mores and manners of the day.

Subjects

adultery
families
family
fiction
fiction, general
fiction, romance, general
geneva (switzerland), fiction
jews
league of nations
man-woman relationships
middle class
switzerland, fiction