Revered by Enlightenment and Victorian thinkers, de Sade was recognized as a founding father by the Surrealists, and holds a prominent place in the history of modernism and post-modernism. This selection of his early writings, some appearing in English translation for the first time, revealsthe full range of his sobering moods and considerable talents.
本书收选有《魔鬼附身》、《柔和的眼睛》、《司旺的爱情》、《蓝眼睛黑头发》等六篇法国爱情小说。
副题名取自封面折页
"A young French student meets Pierre, an older man, who introduces her to the experiences of sado-masochism.
In 1928, Georges Bataille published this first novel under a pseudonym, a legendary shocker that uncovers the dark side of the erotic by means of forbidden obsessive fantasies of excess and sexual extremes.
From Library Journal: The eight stories gathered here are among the notorious author's most tame and approachable works, but they still contain some of his signature touches.