Succès de scandale

Her first novel, Le Rempart des Béguines, was published by Julliard in 1951 under the pseudonym Malé Joris.

The novel was a succès de scandale due to its treatment of a sadomasochistic lesbian love affair between Helene, age 15, and her father's mistress, Tamara, who lived in the Rempart des Béguines.

In 1955, Julliard published her sequel, La Chambre Rouge.

Tamara had since married Helene's father, and Helene is now an art student, but still living at home with her relationship with Tamara at an end.