Benoite Groult

Salt on my Skin

Benoite Groult

A classic long-seller that sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide, Salt on my Skin is now re-issued with a new introduction by renowned writer and feminist Fay Weldon ‘A leading French feminist and writer, Groult drew wide attention with this sexually daring novel’—The NY Times Salt on My Skin is a classic long-seller and has been translated into 32 languages Set in France in the 1960s, this highly-charged novel follows the passionate relationship between mismatched lovers: a Parisian intellectual and a Breton fisherman, brought together by lust. Benoîte Groult was a French author and feminist. She was in her 40’s when she first began writing and in her 50’s when she embraced feminism. She immediately proved to be a prolific writer and an ardent activist. She wrote Salt on my Skin when she was 65. Married four times, she died in 2016 aged 96. Promotional push for International Women’s Day – will appeal to a whole new generation of feminists Feminism Sells! Sex Sells! Anything French Sells!