"Flight Into Egypt" 1970 JULLIAN, Philippe
$75
JULLIAN, Philippe
[246] pp.
The Viking Press
1970
First Edition
8 1/4" x 5 3/4"
Jacket design by Colos
VG/ VG
Flight into Egypt: A Fantasy is a 1970 novel by French author Philippe Jullian, translated from the original French by John Haylock, that explores themes of decadence and pleasure in a colony near the Red Sea, functioning as both an erotic thriller and a work of highbrow entertainment. The book, originally published in French as La Fuite en Egypte in 1968, is known for its satirical wit and exploration of a decadent boarding school for pleasure.
Far more than an erotic entertainment or highbrow thriller, Philippe Jullian's novel is a superb satire of a dying, futile aristocracy that has turned in on itself, a merciless study in the psychology of decadence and parasitism.