Title : Story of O, preceded by - Happiness in Slavery by Jean Paulhan - Pauline Reage - book

Summary :

Published in 1954, The Story of O provoked one of the most resounding scandals in contemporary French literature. First banned, often seized, and then sold under the counter, this masterpiece of eroticism is the most widely read contemporary French book since Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince. Without doubt, The Story of O is the fiercest love letter a man has ever received. Jean Paulhan. The paradox of O is that of the visionary who died not to die; it is the martyrdom where the executioner is the victim's accomplice. This book is the surpassing of the words within it, to the extent that, on its own, it tears itself apart, where it resolves the fascination of eroticism into the greatest fascination of the impossible. Georges Bataille, La Nouvelle Revue française. Pauline Réage's writing is incredibly decent in relation to the subjects covered. If it is not the greatest marvel of the book, it is not the least of it, this writing, chaste like the language of The Princess of Cleves, warm I will not say how, and of a simple density which supports, or provokes, the movement of the heart. André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Critique.

• EAN: 272020031X
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