Strait is the Gate

AdelicateboygrowingupinParis,JeromePalissierspendsmanysummersathisuncle'shouseintheNormandycountryside,wherethewholeworldseems'steepedinazure'.TherehefallsdeeplyinlovewithhiscousinAlissaandshewithhim.ButgraduallyAlissabecomesconvincedthatJerome'sloveforherisendangeringhissoul.Intheinterestsofhissalvation,shedecidestosuppresseverythingthatisbeautifulinherself-inbothmindandbody.Adevastatingexplorationofaestheticismtakentoextremes,"StraitistheGate"isanovelofhauntingbeautythatstimulatesthemindandtheemotions.