Venus in Furs

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  "Oggi nessuno mi darà più a intendere che l'uomo e la donna sono fatti a immagine e somiglianza di Dio."

  Capolavoro di Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, il più grande interprete letterario del masochismo (che dallo scrittore ha preso il nome).
  Romanzo breve e intenso, divertente e crudele. Una s ... (continue)

  "Oggi nessuno mi darà più a intendere che l'uomo e la donna sono fatti a immagine e somiglianza di Dio."

  Capolavoro di Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, il più grande interprete letterario del masochismo (che dallo scrittore ha preso il nome).
  Romanzo breve e intenso, divertente e crudele. Una storia estrema, personaggi estremi che mettono a nudo, con discreta profondità, aspetti oscuri e patologici dell'amore tra uomo e donna.
  Forse non proprio da quattro stelle, ma se le becca per aver ispirato a Lou Reed e ai Velvet Underground la cupissima e meravigliosa Venus in Furs, una delle canzoni più belle di quel capolavoro che è Velvet Underground e Nico.

  Venus In Furs
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  Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
  Whiplash girlchild in the dark
  Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
  Downy sins of streetlight fancies
  Chase the costumes she shall wear
  Ermine furs adorn the imperious
  Severin, Severin awaits you there
  I am tired, I am weary
  I could sleep for a thousand years
  A thousand dreams that would awake me Different colors made of tears
  Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
  Shiny leather in the dark
  Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
  Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
  Severin, down on your bended knee
  Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
  Taste the whip, now plead for me
  I am tired, I am weary
  I could sleep for a thousand years
  A thousand dreams that would awake me Different colors made of tears
  Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
  Whiplash girlchild in the dark
  Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
  Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

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  Neuromancer said on Oct 24, 2009 | 3 feedbacks

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  My mistake

  I first thought that this piece was an erotic novel that happened to skirt round enough literary and philosophic contours to give it, not only a hot reception with the sexually liberal revolutionaries in its capacity as filth, but also with the critics who might also proselytize about Lady Chatterl ... (continue)

  I first thought that this piece was an erotic novel that happened to skirt round enough literary and philosophic contours to give it, not only a hot reception with the sexually liberal revolutionaries in its capacity as filth, but also with the critics who might also proselytize about Lady Chatterley's Lover, during the sixties; and consequently found it very repetitive and lacking the danish-pastry power of Imagé present in DH Lawrence. Reading Amazon, I discover that it predated and influenced the likes of Freud and Mann and I am forced to re-review it. No, I think, it is still for me only a weak exploration of Nietchean themes from the eyes of a late Victorian pervert. OK don't let the Klimt cover fool you. Rather visualize the copy of my period edition, which has an aging red head straight out of a early Carry On film. Think: World of 'Venus in Furs' and you won't be far off.

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• English Books
• Paperback 160 Pages
• ISBN-10: 014102352X
• ISBN-13: 9780141023526
• Publisher: Penguin
• Pub date: Jan 26, 2006
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Others and eBook
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