D. A. F. de Sade Bücher

Herausgegeben und mit einem Dossier versehen von Michel Farin und Hans-Ulrich Seifert.

This version of a classic work is simplified rather than toned down. It is an honest attempt to retell the essence of the masterpiece without losing the strength or the flavor while retaining enough of the philosophy to make de Sade's opinions clear. (Adult Fiction)

Marquis de Sade (1740 bis 1814) verfaßte "Die Hundertzwanzig Tage von Sodom" während seiner Gefangenschaft in der Bastille. Hier entfaltet er seine Philosophie des Lasters und veranschaulicht sie an 600 Beispielen. So entstand ein "Kompendium sexueller Verirrungen" (Karl von Haveland), das ihm auch den Ruf eines ersten Systematikers der Psychopathia sexualis einbrachte. Die hier als Nachdruck vorliegende Ausgabe erschien erstmalig 1905 als Privatdruck in Leipzig.

Czech poet and photographer Jindřich Heisler (1914–1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career—Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight—he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940-41).This gorgeously illustrated volume—with eighty color images of Heisler's assemblage pieces—introduces English-speaking audiences to his work, translating many of his writings for the first time and offering in-depth analysis of his postwar years in Paris in the company of André Breton, Benjamin Péret, the illustrator Toyen, and other major figures of the Surrealist movement.

Part of Sade's The Crimes of Love cycle, this shocking tale - which was among the writings banned for publication until the twentieth century - tests the limits of morality and portrays the disastrous consequences of freedom and pleasure.