Politics of Love (Paperback)

Alina Reyes

ISBN 10: 0714531065 / ISBN 13: 9780714531069

Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, London, 2004

About this Item

Paperback. Objects of desire discussed candidly by a French writer - a collection of meditations on love, sex, and desire. Love, sex and desire.how do we experience them? How do we relate them to the opposite sex? How does society want us to confront these impulses? In twenty-four short chapters Alina Reyes writes erotic, poetic, humorous and candid prose. She describes her fantasies and her relationship with her own body. She describes what she looks for in her lovers and what she likes about their bodies. She praises the senses and the roles they play inside and outside of the bedroom. She asks pertinent questions: Why are we so hung up about the orgasm? Do we see sex as a means to an end, rather than as an end in itself? Why do men try so hard to give women pleasure, when women sometimes simply enjoy playing with a man's body? Why are women's magazines full of photographs of desirable girls rather than masturbating men? Alina Reyes also examines the social pressures which lead to the premature deaths of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, and which contribute to widespread attitudes of machismo and/or shame.These joyful, educated and erotic meditations constitute a serious examination of the nature of desire and how it fits in with the strictures of society. Collection of candid meditations on love, sex, and desire. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Politics of Love (Paperback)
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714531065
• ISBN 13: 9780714531069
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Love, sex and desire . . . how do we experience them? How do we relate them to the opposite sex? In 24 short chapters Alina Reyes writes in a range of styles: she can be erotic, poetic, humorous and candid. She describes her fantasies and her relationship with her own body. Alina Reyes also examines the social pressures, which lead to the premature deaths of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, and which contribute to widespread attitudes of machismo and/or shame. A serious examination of the nature of desire and how it fits in with the strictures of society.

Alina Reyes, one of the first female authors of erotica, has written several novels including the bestseller The Butcher (1988), which sold 500,000 copies in her native France.

About the Author

Alina Reyes was born in 1956 near Bordeaux, in France, where she lives. She is the author of an erotic novel that brought her world wide fame, The Butcher, which was translated into 25 languages. She has also published When You Love it is Time to Leave (1993), Behind the Door (1994), and The Womens' Body (1999), My Sweet Life (2001) and her latest non fiction book is Politics of Love. Grove will publish her erotic novel, Satisfaction, in August 2004.