Le 120 giornate di Sodoma

Zelmire is an exceptionally beautiful name. It’s a shame I’d never be able to bestow it on my daughter for fear of her asking someday where I got the idea...

Scholars have tried to read all kinds of things into de Sade's cornerstone of transgressive literature: Is it a book about totalitarianism, as Pasolini's movie version implies? Is it trying to shed light on humanity's dark side, as Simone de Beauvoir suggests? Are we dealing with a satirical take on Leggi tutto

"Δεν μπορεί κανείς να φανταστεί σε ποιο βαθμό, ο άνθρωπος τα ποικίλλει[τα πάθη], όταν φλογιστεί η φαντασία του. Οι διαφορές ανάμεσά τους, υπέρμετρες σ’ όλες τις άλλες τους μανίες, σ’ όλες τις άλλες τους πράξεις, μεγαλώνουν ακόμη πιο πολύ. Όποιος μπορέσει να προσδιορίσει και να καταγράψει λεπτομερώς Leggi tutto

Sí, es un libro transgresor y perverso, incluso repetitivo, pero más allá de la historia pornográfica que narra el autor, como en todos sus libros, Sade hace una crítica exhaustiva a su entorno y a la sociedad francesa. Podría considerarse una lectura asquerosa, no voy a decir que no, pero se trata Leggi tutto

I am not a prude. I am not the type of person who will hesitate from delving into works others might find dark. One of my favorite novels is the Exorcist, commonly regarded as one of the most terrifying books ever written. I have pictures on the push-pin board in front of me while I write this conta Leggi tutto

One cannot separate The 120 Days of Sodom from the biography of its author, the deranged aristocrat the Marquis de Sade, and the fascinating story of its authorship: hastily scrawled in tiny print onto a 12-metre scroll of paper over the course of 37  days, while the author was imprisoned in the Bas Leggi tutto