The Mail on Sunday (London, England)

The diary of a marriage that shocked Paris; On the Left Bank they say it's art . . . but others are not so sure.

The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | April 22, 2001 | Copyright

Byline: KIM WILLSHER;JO KNOWSLEY

PARIS is not easily shocked - but Catherine Millet has managed it.

Despite the city's reputation as the international centre of les affaires d'amour, Madame Millet has grabbed Parisiens' attention by the simple expedient of writing a detailed account of her sex life with her husband Jacques and calling it art.

And Paris is so shocked that the book has become a runaway bestseller.

Jacques is no oil painting and Catherine no Mona Lisa, but the 220-page tome, La Vie Sexuelle De Catherine M, (The Sex Life Of…

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