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The Marquis de Sade
WINNER OF THE 2017 SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZE A new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking and influential novel.This disturbing but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history: Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; and feminists such as Andrea Dworkin and Angela Carter clashed over him. This new translation brings Sade's provocative novel into Penguin Classics for the first time, and will reignite the debate around this most controversial of writers.
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Author
The Marquis de Sade
Pages
464
Publisher
Penguin Books Limited
Published Date
2016-09-29
ISBN
0141394358 9780141394350
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"I have decided to read this book for Halloween, hoping to be disgusted, horrified, and generally made uncomfortable. I was not disappointed.
This is the most vile piece of media I have ever come across, it flawlessly portrays human depravity and I dread how I would have reacted had it been fully finished. What I consider even worse is the possibility that, somewhere in our world, the premise of this book is being played out.
It has some interesting musings on the nature of virtue and vice, which are unfortunately not explored as much as I would have liked."
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Marcel Béres