Marquis de Sade 120 Days Of Sodom Paperback Book

The 120 Days of Sodom is the Marquis de Sades masterpiece. A still unsurpassed catalogue of sexual perversions and the first systematic exploration of the psychopathology of sex, it was written during Sades lengthy imprisonment for sexual deviancy and blasphemy and then lost after the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution in 1789. Later rediscovered, the manuscript remained unpublished until 1936 and is now introduced by Simone de Beauvoirs landmark essay, Must We Burn Sade? Unique in its enduring capacity to shock and provoke, The 120 Days of Sodom must stand as one of the most controversial books ever written, and a fine example of the Libertine novel, a genre inspired by eroticism and antiestablishmentarianism, that effectively ended with the French Revolution. | Marquis de Sade 120 Days Of Sodom Paperback Book