Aureole An Erotic Sequence Author:Carole Maso Two women leaf through a book of French slang, with its delicate and delicious mixing of food and sex. A man and a woman sit in a Parisian dive, caressing each other's hands. Two lovers take late-night refuge in a beach cabana, their lovemaking lit by the lights of his automobile. These are glimpses of some of the haunting scenes and characters ... more »that people this sometimes wild, sometimes elusive exploration of desire's magical and subversive qualities.??"Carole Maso is that rare creature-an original! Her voice and vision are like no one else's."-Edmund White??Carole Maso is the author of Ghost Dance, The Art Lover, Defiance, and other novels. She has received many awards, most recently the Lannan Literary Fellowship for fiction.?« less