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The Torture Garden
Mirbeau, Octave
1989 10018527 Editorial Reviews Review "This hideously decadent fin-de-siecle novel by the French anarchist Mirbeau has become an underground classic. ... There are satirical and allegorical dimensions, but it remains irreducibly horrible." -- The Sunday Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Re-Search Pubns 0-940642-13-1 / 9780940642133
Paperback Very good condition San Francisco, CA
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19.59 USD
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TORTURE GARDEN
Mirbeau, Octave
1989 296 Following the twin trails of desire and depravity to a shocking, sadistic paradise - a garden in China where torture is practiced as an art form - a dissolute Frenchman discovers the true depths of degradation beyond his prior bourgeois imaginings. Entranced by a resolute Englishwoman whose capacity for debauchery knows no bounds, he capitulates to her every whim amid an ecstatic yet tormenting incursion of visions, scents, caresses, pleasures, horrors, and fantastic atrocities. The Torture Garden is exceptional for its detailed descriptions of sexual euphoria and exquisite torture, its political critique of government corruption and bureaucracy, and its revolutionary portrait of a woman - which challenges even contemporary models of feminine authority. This is one of the most truly original works ever imagined. Beyond providing richly poetic experience, it will stimulate anyone interested in the always-contemporary problem of the limits of experience and sensation. As part of the continuing struggle against censorship and especially self-censorship, it will remain a landmark in the fight against all that would suppress the creation of a far freer world. Written in 1899, this fabulously rare novel was once described as "the most sickening work of art of the 19th century." Sunday Times "This hideously decadent fin-de-siecle novel by the French anarchist Mirbeau has become an underground classic. ... There are satirical and allegorical dimensions, but it remains irreducibly horrible." Synopsis First published in 1898, this decadent classic Oscar Wilde recommended as "revolting...a sort of grey adder" is once again available from SPD. Sunday Times "This hideously decadent fin-de-siecle novel by the French anarchist Mirbeau has become an underground classic. ... There are satirical and allegorical dimensions, but it remains irreducibly horrible." RE/Search Publications 0-940642-13-1 / 9780940642133
Paperback Very good Condition New York, New York, U.S.A.
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22.12 USD
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