KSena's Journal

Well, I like the Marquis because he is somewhat disturbing... considering what age his books are from. AND that his stories have survived. To stand in a library in Sweden translated during the 21th century. That is pretty epic. :-) We discussed him quite a bit when I studied Literature science. Quite interesting. And since I like darker stories and misery... Well. Bring it, my good Marquis. ;-)

Pauline Réage wrote the novel Story of O (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O) which is a SERIOUS Dom/sub story, that yes... have some pretty harsh scenes in it, but it is written by a woman, and so you are much inside the head of the people (especially the submissive woman), which is very interesting. The language is beautiful to, so I do recommend said erotic novel warmly.

Marguerite Duras wrote the book The Lover (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lover_%281984_novel%29) that later was made into a movie called the same: The Lover (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/). Young teen girl with older asian lover.... Again, here the language is absolutely beautiful... and it is erotic without being explicit. Unless you count the age-difference... But damn, this is a good book. And a good movie.