Austrian writer and journalist, who gained renown for his romantic stories of Galician life. The term masochism is derived from his name. During his lifetime, Sacher-Masoch was well known as a man of letters, a utopian thinker who espoused socialist and humanist ideals in his fiction and non-fiction. Most of his works remain untranslated into English. The novel Venus in Furs is his only book commonly available in English.
Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs
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Severin von Kusiemski, a nobleman, becomes entangled in a passionate and unconventional relationship with Wanda von Dunajew. He desires to be her slave, experiencing the depths of submission and masochism. This controversial novel explores themes of power dynamics, sexual desire, and the boundaries of human relationships.
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Venus in FursUnknown, 2018
110 pages
Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97817901044825 editions available
