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Torture Garden (Dedalus European Classics), Mirbeau 9781912868056 New
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- PublishedOn
- 2019-03-29
- ISBN
- 9781912868056
- EAN
- 9781912868056
- Book Title
- Torture Garden : Empire of the Senses
- Book Series
- Dedaluss European Classics Ser.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Books The Limited
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Erotica / General, Horror, Erotica / Traditional Victorian, Literary
- Item Weight
- 7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 206 Pages
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"A century after its first publication, this book is still capable of shocking. The opening satire is probably meaningful only to scholars of French political history, but the subsequent journey into the Far East accentuates connections between love and death, sex and depravity, fastidiousness and pleasure. And the petty, parochial corruptions of the narrator are put into context by the immersion into the Sadeian world of the Torture Garden." The Times 'This hideously decadent fin de siecle novel by the French anarchist Mirbeau has become an underground classic. A cynical first half exposes the rottenness of politics, commerce and the petit bourgeois; in the second half, our totally corrupt narrator travels to China and meets the extraordinary Clara. She shows him the Torture Garden, a place of exotic flowers and baroque sadism. There are satirical and allegorical dimensions, but it remains irreducibly horrible.' Phil Baker in The Sunday Times 'First published in 1899, the same year as Conrad's Heart of Darkness(which, in a sado-masochistic way, it mirrors), this short tale takes place in a Far Eastern garden in which torture is practised as an art form. Amidst exquisite flowers and gorgeous fauna, bodies are sliced, flayed and prised open with sumptuous artisanal skill,the whole scene rendered in prose as visceral and tender as the action it describes. When the staid realist novels of the mid-20th century have been consigned to the oblivion they so richly deserve, this text will be remembered as a classic.' Tom McCarthy in Esquire
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dedalus Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1912868059
ISBN-13
9781912868056
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038414413
Product Key Features
Book Title
Torture Garden : Empire of the Senses
Number of Pages
206 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Erotica / General, Horror, Erotica / Traditional Victorian, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Dedaluss European Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
7 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
The Torture Garden by Mirbeau: a quite stunning investigation into the furthest extremities of physical love. Almost post-modern in style and structure, it is a genuinely intelligent, and therefore deeply unsettling, work. Philip Kane in The Independent on Sunday, The Torture Garden by Mirbeau: a quite stunning investigation into the furthest extremities of physical love. Almost post-modern in style and structure, it is a genuinely intelligent, and therefore deeply unsettling, work.Philip Kane in The Independent on Sunday, Oscar Wilde recommended Torture Garden to Frank Harris, describing it as 'revolting ... a sort of grey adder.'Oscar Wilde, 'This decadent classic flays civilised society down to its hypocritical bones and is le dernier cri in kinky exoticism.' Anne Billson in Time Out, Oscar Wilde recommended Torture Garden to Frank Harris, describing it as 'revolting ... a sort of grey adder.' Oscar Wilde
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
843.912
Lc Classification Number
Pq2364.M7
Copyright Date
2019
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