
120 Days Of Sodom
by Marquis De Sade
Title:
120 Days Of Sodom
Author:
Marquis De Sade
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
816 pages
Publisher:
Cornerstone
ISBN-13:
9780099629603
EAN:
9780099629603
Publication Date:
04/07/1991
Classifications:
Biography and non-fiction prose
Weight (g):
670
Dimensions (mm):
194 x 129 x 43
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The 120 Days of Sodom is the Marquis de Sade''s masterpiece. A still unsurpassed catalogue of sexual perversions and the first systematic exploration of the psychopathology of sex, it was written during Sade''s lengthy imprisonment for sexual deviancy and blasphemy and then lost after the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution in 1789. Later rediscovered, the manuscript remained unpublished until 1936 and is now introduced by Simone de Beauvoir''s landmark essay, ''Must We Burn Sade?'' Unique in its enduring capacity to shock and provoke, The 120 Days of Sodom must stand as one of the most controversial books ever written, and a fine example of the Libertine novel, a genre inspired by eroticism and anti-establishmentarianism, that effectively ended with the French Revolution.
















