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120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10014139434X
ISBN-139780141394343
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038261399
Product Key Features
Book Title120 Days of Sodom
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicClassics
GenreFiction
AuthorMarquis De Sade
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-288216
ReviewsWithout in any way giving in to hyperbole, I would say that this translation is a 21st century monument, changing not only the way in which we view the French 18th century, but providing a guide to the present and future, "Sade's masterpiece was The 120 Days of Sodom , which has just been published as a Penguin Classic for the first time ... the great merit of this edition is the thoroughly excellent translation by [Will] McMorran and [Thomas] Wynn. It has none of the phony archaism of earlier English translations. Instead it is like a window, allowing us to have as clear of view as possible of Sade's mind and world." --The Economist "Without in any way giving in to hyperbole, I would say that this translation is a 21st century monument, changing not only the way in which we view the French 18th century, but providing a guide to the present and future." --Andrew Hussey "We thought this translation was quite exceptional in its capacity to capture the true voice of this strange and difficult eighteenth-century text, the textual and editorial scholarship of the translators, their wonderful handling of the terminology and the diction of the original, along with the fluency of their translation, and the ways in which it creates for the first time for Anglophone readers a properly accurate version of Sade's text." --Ian Patterson, "Sade's masterpiece was The 120 Days of Sodom , which has just been published as a Penguin Classic for the first time ... the great merit of this edition is the thoroughly excellent translation by [Will] McMorran and [Thomas] Wynn. It has none of the phony archaism of earlier English translations. Instead it is like a window, allowing us to have as clear of view as possible of Sade's mind and world." --The Economist
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Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal843.6
SynopsisThis horrible but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history- Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; and feminists such as Simone de Beauvoir and Angela Carter clashed over him. This new translation brings Sade's provocative novel into Penguin Classics for the first time, and will reignite the debate around this most controversial of writers., A new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking, and influential novel. Winner of the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize This distressing but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history: Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; and feminists such as Andrea Dworkin and Angela Carter clashed over him. This new translation brings Sade's provocative novel into Penguin Classics for the first time, and will reignite the debate around this most controversial of writers. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification NumberPQ2063.S3
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- Aug 14, 2018
Interesting psychologically, not for SQUEAMISH PEOPLE
I had read his other books, and this was supposedly his "masterpiece" or "most abhorrent", depending on your viewpoint. De Sade, many people do not know, has other brilliant writings that have NOTHING to do with sadism. The forward(s) explained ALOT! The cultural context, absence of medicine..., casual death was commonplace. Disease was rampant, infant mortality, death in childbirth; people didn't bathe, brush their teeth, wash their hair...syphillis may have accounted for alot of the madness in the upper classes at this time, leprosy, disfigurements, poverty-stricken families...famine, war. Simply put, I believe the Marquis de Sade was truly a product of his time. He chose to see and expose the worst of humanity, because he had seen the worst. He had a military career as a very young man, & I posit it affected him in profound, disturbing ways.... It seems his wife, (& other lovers along the way), had no problem accepting him as he was...but there were these abberant violent episodes, manic nightmare writings...a truly tortured man, in my opinion. If he lived today, I have no doubt he would be found to have syphillis or another brain destroying disease...and mentally ill, perhaps w/PTSD.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Apr 27, 2021
Adults only
Great reading. A classicVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 18, 2021
Extreme reading
Beond xxxVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
