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A Passion in the Desert

By Honoré de Balzac
Series: ERIS gems
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"They ended as all great passions do-by a misunderstanding." A French soldier escapes captivity and stumbles into something stranger than war: solitude, survival, and a wild intimacy with a panther in the sands of Egypt. What begins in fear turns to ritual, fascination, and a bond... Read More
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A Passion in the Desert

A French soldier escapes captivity and stumbles into something stranger than war: solitude, survival, and a wild intimacy with a panther in the sands of Egypt.

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"They ended as all great passions do-by a misunderstanding."

A French soldier escapes captivity and stumbles into something stranger than war: solitude, survival, and a wild intimacy with a panther in the sands of Egypt. What begins in fear turns to ritual, fascination, and a bond as mysterious as it is fatal. Balzac's tale is swift, elemental, and aching with ambiguity-half love story, half fable, all fire.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781967751198

Publisher: ERIS

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: ERIS

Contributors:

  • Translated by Ernest Dowson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 109.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 28g

Pages: 32

Collections

Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Honore De Balzac Literary Fiction Series: ERIS gems Series: ERIS gems

About the Author

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a novelist, obsessive chronicler, and architect of La Comédie Humaine—his vast, teeming portrait of French society. He wrote with feverish speed and forensic precision, capturing ambition, love, cruelty, and delusion in all their human excess.

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