Priority

Priority is a lovely and erotic exploration of intellectual admiration that develops into consuming passion. The novel begins as a young Danish woman, Delphine, writes a letter of thanks to Jean-Luc, a French painter whose work has touched her deeply. She is sure he will not read it - but he does, and he answers. Over the next eighteen months, a passionate correspondence evolves, and Delphine's letters bare her soul layer by layer, making her ever more vulnerable to his teasing replies and ...