The Ghosts of Sodom
The Ghosts of Sodom : The Secret Journals of the Marquis de Sade The Marquis de Sade,
Publisher: Creation Books
ISBN: 1840681012
Edition: Paperback; 2003-08-15
Summary:
The secret journal which the Marquis de Sade worked hard at
maintaining, even when ill and aging at the Charenton asylum in
France, has been rediscovered and is now published in English for the
first time.The Ghosts of Sodom offers a unique insight into the
workings of the mind of this aristocratic sadist and literary
revolutionary. Sade was 67 years old when he wrote this journal (one
in a series of four, two of which have yet to be rediscovered) during
his seven years spent at the "hospital-prison." The journal reveals
how his days were slow and grim, full of everyday preoccupations,
worries about money, nasty quarrels with the people around him -- but
were also lit up by a final erotic adventure: the last flames of his
senile passion. At the Charenton asylum, Sade's death approached,
darkening the colors of his life and tearing apart his feelings.The
Ghosts of Sodom also includes a selection of Sade's letters from
Charenton, as well as the working notes for his terminal novel The
Days of Florbelle.Still a controversial figure two centuries after
his death, the Marquis de Sade is increasingly becoming thought of as
a significant voice and a man for our times, rather than simply an
aristocratic pervert. During his life, he spent a total of 27 years
imprisoned on charges of obscenity as he consistently expounded his
philosophies of "libertinage," a manifesto of sexual liberation and
dominant theme of his works. Two major feature films based on the
life of Sade were released last year.
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