Fermentation

Fermentation is an erotic novel about the senses, carnal pleasures, and one woman's insatiable appetite. Set in a French hill town during a searing heat wave, it is a surreal and sensual tale of desire, satisfaction, and need. In the midst of a scorching summer, the garbagemen go on strike, the air turns stagnant, and Fermentation's young narrator, Odissa, becomes pregnant by her boyfriend, a fire-eater. In the eerie calm of the drys relentless heat, she awakens to an incredible craving for cheese. From Brie to Parmigiano to Roquefort -- Odissa finds that satisfying her hunger spawns a series of incredibly erotic dreams and fantasies. And as her baby grows, so does her constant craving, until it appears that Odissa herself may be ripening. An erotic novel of one woman's insatiable appetite: "Imagine Penthouse Forum as written by a hyper-literary, masochistic Helena Bonham-Carter" ( Publishers Weekly ). Set in a French hill town during a searing heat wave, Fermentation is a tale of desire, satisfaction, and need. In the midst of a scorching summer, the garbagemen go on strike, the air turns stagnant, and a young British woman named Odissa becomes pregnant by her boyfriend, a fire-eater. In the eerie calm of the relentless heat, she awakens to an incredible craving for cheese. From Brie to Parmigiano to Roquefort, Odissa finds that satisfying her hunger spawns a series of incredibly erotic dreams and fantasies. And as her baby grows, so does her constant craving, as well as the increasingly intense dreams that come with it Fermentation is a book about the senses, about carnal pleasures and one woman's insatiable appetite. Set in a French hill town during a searing heat wave, this erotic novel is a surreal and sensual tale of desire, satisfaction, and need. In the midst of a scorching summer, the garbagemen go on strike, the air turns stagnant, and the novel's young narrator, Odissa, becomes pregnant. In the eerie calm of the city's relentless heat, she soon discovers that, rather than pickles and ice cream, her pregnant craving is for cheese. And as her baby grows, Odissa makes her way through a variety of cheeses, from Brie to parmigiano to Roquefort, and finds that satisfying her hunger spawns a series of incredibly erotic dreams and fantasies.