Justine (Thompson novel)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AuthorAlice Thompson
CoverartistMax Ernst
"The Robing of the Bride" (1940)
"The Robing of the Bride" (1940)
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCanongate Books
 First edition | |
| Author | Alice Thompson |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Max Ernst "The Robing of the Bride" (1940) |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 135 |
| ISBN | 0-86241-603-5 |
Justine is the debut novel of Scottish author Alice Thompson. Published in 1996 by Canongate Books it was the joint winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize that year.
Described as a postmodern, feminist variation on Marquis de Sade's book of the same name,[1] it is set in contemporary London where the narrator, an opium-smoking art collector living in Kensington Gardens, becomes obsessed by "Justine", a portrait. Later he sees the woman herself at his mother's funeral, but she disappears, and he begins a desperate search for her. He finds her twin sister Juliette, who promises to aid him in his increasingly desperate search for her elusive sister...