The story of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer who, out of love for one man, is willingly blindfolded, chained, whipped, branded, pierced and taken by several men in all manner of ways is one of the great classics of erotic literature. Crepax' adaption stands equally as a classic of erotic comics. Out of print for some years, it has now been revived in a beautiful omnibus edition.
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The story of a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer who, out of love for one man, is willingly blindfolded, chained, whipped, branded, pierced and taken by several men in all manner of ways is one of the great classics of erotic literature. Crepax' adaption stands equally as a classic of erotic comics. Out of print for some years, it has now been revived in a beautiful omnibus edition.
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Add this copy of The Story of O to cart. $150.00, very good condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Madison, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by NBM Publishing Inc..
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Guido Crepax. Very good+ in Near Fine jacket. 9x11 1/2" 176pp. Black pictorial boards. embossed gilt lettering on the front panel. Black and white illustrations throughout. Lower edge has some wear, otherwise a near fine copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has corner wear. "The Story of O relates the progressive willful debasement of a young and beautiful Parisian fashion photographer, O, who wants nothing more than to be a slave to her lover, René. The test is severe—sexual in method, psychological in substance… The artistic interest here has precisely to do with the use not only of erotic materials but also erotic methods, the deliberate stimulation of the reader as a part of and means to a total, authentic literary experience."
Add this copy of The Story of O to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Westsider Rare & Used Books In rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by NBM Pub Co.
Pauline Reage's novel has often been interpreted as the descent of a woman into sexual slavery. The real theme of this novel is the persistent search by males for ideal orgasms. By consenting to unrestrained anality by men, O enables men to surrender to their needs. She is obviously not the first to traverse the series of numerous males who by feeding on their orgasms, become hungry for more, and spend more and more time pursuing anal intercourse. The book is about men, admittedly seen through the eyes of one woman, who seems wide-eyed and open to the extents to which men will go in order to express their sexual needs. The Story of O is about the male orgasm and how men are driven to achieve them, improve on them, repeat them. The Story of O is about men who become sexual addicts, but (for unspecified reasons) are allowed to develop their sexual addictions fully.
john4708
Jan 8, 2009
It is a very detailed and frank account of the way some men regard women. It does not really give a very good insight into 'O's thoughts, but rather leaves the reader to draw their own conclusions. On another level it is perhaps a comment on slavery. The French do have a more liberal attitude to sex, and this is one reason for this novel. The female distinction between love and sex seems more advanced than the male. I personally enjoyed the book, and the film.
LadySpicy
Oct 25, 2007
Not So Much
This book was way to whips and chains for me. This woman even consents to being branded with her lover/master's initials and the story doesn't even end on an up-note.
