Written in his Bastille cell in the years between 120 Days of Sodom and Justine, this is the first English translation of Marquis de Sade’s collection of short works, Stories, Tales, and Fables. Essential reading for all Sade devotees, Stories, … Continue reading →
Soluble Fish (1924) by André Breton is a sophisticated poetic novel which is one of the first works of Surrealism, and which, along with The Surrealist Manifesto (1924), began the new literary movement which followed Paris Dada in the decade … Continue reading →
A Judge Deceived is a novella written by the Marquis de Sade while he was a prisoner in the Bastille, but which was never published during his lifetime. It was first published in 1926 in his short story collection, Stories, Tales and … Continue reading →
When Paul Éluard’s Capital of Pain was published in 1926, it caused a sensation. Generally considered to be Éluard’s most powerful poetry collection, one critic wrote: ‘In Capital of Pain, Éluard writes poetry that is pure, spontaneous and intense.’ A … Continue reading →
Her Three Daughters Pierre Louÿs Translated into modern English by R J Dent Published by New Urge Synopsis: A young man moves into a new apartment and receives an advanced education in the permutations of sex from a mother and … Continue reading →
by Le Comte de Lautréamont Translated into modern English by R J Dent The Songs of Maldoror was written and published between 1868 and 1869 by Le Comte de Lautréamont – the nom de plume of the Uruguayan-born French writer Isidore … Continue reading →
Alfred Jarry spent his brief and turbulent life experimenting with genres of fiction. In his last few years, he created a new literary form: the absurdist speculative essay. R J Dent’s new English translation of Speculations contains sixty-eight of Jarry’s … Continue reading →
Inspired by Louis Aragon’s obscure surrealist text, R J Dent’s 21st century adaptation of Aragon’s absurdist tale recounts the adventures of Jean-Fucque Le Cocque, a large, disembodied penis who had a series of exploits and encounters around Paris. This English … Continue reading →
Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870), better known by his pen name Comte de Lautréamont, is the most influential writer most people have never heard of. Maldoror, the first of his two works, has been described as the most evil book ever written. It … Continue reading →
Charles Baudelaire’s erotic poems caused a scandal on their publication in 1857. The author and the publisher were prosecuted for publishing poems that were ‘an insult to public decency’ and six of the poems from that collection were suppressed. Those poems … Continue reading →
