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Marquis de Sade
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Pages: 640 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0870679406
Pub: Holloway House Publishing,U.S.
Pub date: 2008-03-27
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12111
Reader Reviews:
Brilliant (3/4 people found this helpful)
This is just the perfect book as an introduction to De Sade or if you already know his stories and want a book which contains all the best ones. It is clearly printed and is a must for anyone interested in De Sade.
Accessible, accurate and entertaining read. (21/23 people found this helpful)
Marquis De Sade is one of the most underappreciated thinkers ever; ahead of his time in philosophy, psychology and sociology there are only a handful of people who surpass his achievements. Aesthetically and intellectually stimulating his collected works are undeniably superb and a necessary read for anyone interested in an uncensored reflection of the human condition; few writers have as much honesty and integrity.
The editor's note, introduction and foreword offer an excellent preamble and the works themselves are well presented. This is neither a word-for-word translation nor a summarising of the original texts, but a clarified abridged version that offers the reader an accessible, accurate and entertaining read. Most importantly, as Dr. Paul J. Gillette stresses, this work is not de-sexed as many previous translations have been. The book is decently printed, with the text reasonably large.
I would urge anyone interested in Marquis De Sade to buy this.
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