Desert Love
work by Montherlant
Also known as: āLāHistoire dāAmour de la Rose de Sableā
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Desert Love is a novel by French writer Henry de Montherlant, published in 1954. It is also known by its French title, L'Histoire d'Amour de la Rose de Sable. The novel is characterized by its critical stance on French colonial rule in North Africa. It reflects Montherlant's typically egocentric and autocratic writing style, which often exalts physical pleasure and artistic creation while expressing disdain for feminine possessiveness. This theme is also present in his earlier tetralogy, Les Jeunes Filles.1
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