The New Pleasure & other stories - Softcover

Louys, Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692705457 ISBN 13: 9780692705452

Publisher: BLACK SCAT BOOKS, 2016

Synopsis

“One night at the flat I sat in silent contemplation of two blue china cats that crouched upon a white table. I was wondering whether it would be better to pass the time smoking cigarettes or writing sonnets. Another idea was that it might be better to smoke the cigarettes and stare at the painting on the ceiling. Cigarette, sonnet, or stare? The most important thing at such an hour is to have a cigarette ready to hand and lip. It enshrouds all the most material things with scarves of cloud, fine and celestial. It adds something both to the lights and to the dark of the chamber, taking away the hard mathematics of the angles, and by means of a scented magical spell brings to the agitated human spirit a panacea and peace. It brings, too, the land of dreams.” —from "The New Pleasure" by Pierre Louys This collection of seven titillating tales by the author of APHRODITE and SONGS OF BILITIS, presents a sensual style with sublime erotic undertones. It includes the novella “Woman and Puppet” – a startling tale of obsessive love – which became the basis for Luis Buñuel’s film "That Obscure Object of Desire."

Edition details

• Publisher: BLACK SCAT BOOKS
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0692705457
• ISBN 13: 9780692705452
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224