pencil: Milo Manara

story: Pierre Louys

Erotic tale written by Pierre Louys in 1896 and illustrated in this edition by Milo Manara, with splendid color plates.
The protagonist of the story is called Chrysis and she is a courtesan who lives in Alexandria in Egypt.
Chrysis passes from one lover to another, indifferently male and female, in a succession of erotic situations, to the detriment of the artist in love with her, Demetrios.