{"product_id":"the-sadeian-woman-9780349017419","title":"The Sadeian Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined .  . . witty'' \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal'' EDMUND GORDON\u003ci\u003e, GUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Angela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules'' GABY WOOD, \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago''s history, from the 1970s to today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Sexuality is power'' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine''s triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now Sade has met his match. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAngela Carter is neither ordinary nor timid. The tone is one of \u003cb\u003eintellectual relish ... rational ... refined ... witty\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eboldest\u003c\/b\u003e of English women writers -- Lorna Sage\u003cbr\u003eHer work is \u003cb\u003efunny, sexy, frightening and brutal\u003c\/b\u003e, and is always shaped by a keen, subversive intelligence and a style of luxuriant beauty -- Edmund Gordon * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAngela Carter liked to blur boundaries and break rules -- Gaby Wood * Independent *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733644390743,"sku":"9780349017419","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sadeian-woman-9780349017419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}