Edmond Rostand's son has a very recognizable style of writing, a little sentimental and exalted, which we find as much in his poetry as in this curious story.
The narrator, a musician of great sensitivity, relates to a man he was very close to, Emmanuel, the journey that led him to consult a Swiss doctor. He asked him to rid him of the part of femininity that seemed too present in his personality and to embody this element in a new, entirely feminine being.
The rest of the book describes the unforeseen, curious, and ultimately dramatic consequences of this experiment in resolving a sexual identity problem.
