D. A. F. de Sade Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

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.

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)

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

Skandalös, behaupten die einen. Schmerzhaft notwendig, sagen die anderen. Die »120 Tage« des »göttlichen Marquis« polarisieren wie kaum ein zweites Werk der Weltliteratur. Vier Ehrenmänner halten 42 Frauen und Knaben auf einem Schloss gefangen und beraten, was mit ihnen zu tun sei. Da sie sich unbeobachtet wähnen, erliegen sie ihren Gelüsten und Begierden. Ungeachtet der Diskussionen, die das Buch auch heute noch auslöst, ist der Roman längst ein literarischer Klassiker, an dem niemand vorbeikommt, dem an einer rückhaltlosen Selbstaufklärung des Menschen gelegen ist.