The Torture Garden: Le Jardin Des Supplices - Couverture souple

Mirbeau, Octave

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596540672 ISBN 13 : 9781596540675

Editeur : Disruptive Pub, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Mirbeau Octave

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 a 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— The Torture Garden 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."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Disruptive Pub
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1596540672
• ISBN 13: 9781596540675
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120