'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . .
refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN 'Her work is funny, sexy,
frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN 'Angela Carter
liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT
Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the
Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history,
from the 1970s to today. 'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis
de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous
Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and
humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous
antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all
tenderness is false, all beds are minefields. But now Sade has met
his match. With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these
outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them
into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and
daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage
lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves
into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling
vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered.
General
| Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Virago Modern Classics |
| Release date: |
June 2023 |
| Authors: |
Angela Carter
|
| Dimensions: |
196 x 126 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
192 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-01741-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-349-01741-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780349017419 |
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