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Provocative Prose - Erotic Fiction, Books And Novels
Writer and all round literary don Maxim Jakubowski,
our crime expert, also has a passion for erotic fiction. So, he has
taken on the mantle of selecting books for our Provocative Prose genre. We hope you enjoy his selections. |
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Lust Bites
Kristina Lloyd, Portia Da Costa, Mathilde Madden
LUST BITES - The Black Lace imprint has been at the forefront in presenting erotica by women for women and this collection of sexy vampire stories by the best British female writers is a great example of how erotica can...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/11/2007
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica : Volume 8
MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI - My MAMMOTH BOOK OF EROTICA collection has now been going for 15 years. The initial best-selling volume was an attempt to demonstrate the breadth and sheer quality of the genre and initiated a whole new wave of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/01/2009
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Ultimate Burlesque
EMILY DUBBERLEY & ALY FIXTER - Another outstanding collection of red hot stories, with proceeds going to breast cancer charity, ULTIMATE BURLESQUE celebrates the art of strip tease with new tales from the creme de la creme of Britain’s new...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/09/2008
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Books that are great in bed.
French swingers, Italian teenagers, American pensioners and upper-class Brits. Seems like everyone is at it. And now they're writing about it too...
A note from Maxim Jakubowski
From time immemorial, prose has celebrated the joy of the senses and addressed the joys and complexities of sex. Think ‘The Song of Solomon’ in the Bible or The 1001 Nights, through to Chaucer, Boccaccio and the often shocking sensual nightmares of the Marquis de Sade.
So where does the line between what is considered erotic and what might be termed pornographic stand? Some argue that if titillation is the only object of the exercise, then it falls into the realm of the latter. But then one must be careful to distinguish between titillation and provocation, and who would deny that D.H. Lawrence, for instance, with LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER seriously attempted to combine both elements, while still offering social commentary and a deep examination of human feelings and attitudes to sexuality.
More modern practitioners of erotica like Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Anne Rice with her ‘Sleeping Beauty’ trilogy (as Anne Roquelaure) and others have pushed the envelope further, and I would argue that we are right now in the middle of a veritable Golden Age for literary erotica, where no sexual subject is taboo and can be written about with both sensuality and delicacy and an attention to serious characterisation. Naturally, some will always find such books shocking. but I daresay none of those I have selected for your further perusal could be found guilty of being exploitative.
So, stretch your fictional limits and dip, with caution, into this ocean of pleasure!
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Story of O
Pauline Reage
PAULINE REAGE - STORY OF O is, of course, one of erotica’s perennial classics but its importance should never be overlooked. The tale of a young woman who gives in...
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The Delta of Venus
Anais Nin
ANAIS NIN - The famous diarist wrote the stories in DELTA OF VENUS, and other collections, specifically to order for a discerning rich collector of erotica and they have since...
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The Story of the Eye
Georges Bataille
GEORGES BATAILLE - Some would say the French have always had a discerning touch for the sexual as well as the bizarre and Bataille’s THE STORY OF THE EYE, imbued...
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Wetlands
Charlotte Roche
CHARLOTTE ROCHE - This young German writer’s WETLANDS is the latest shocker from the world of literary erotica, following the hospital saga of a young woman with a sick fascination...
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The Month Before's Featured Books
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The Scent of Your Breath
Melissa P.
The follow-up to One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed. If Melissa P's poetic prose fails to grab you then her x-rated exploits will.
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The Not So Invisible Woman
Suzanne Portnoy
The follow up to her highly successful first book The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker, Suzanne Portnoy is back with more tales of her sex life. Whether you...
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Tease
Immodesty Blaize
The British Queen of Burlesque, Immodesty Blaize, turns her talents to writing, with great success. With all the racy, raunchy fun you could expect from a novel about a girl...
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