Prayer Cushions Of The Flesh
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Prayer Cushions Of The Flesh
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Author : Robert Irwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Prayer Cushions Of The Flesh written by Robert Irwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fiction categories.
A comedy on a Turkish harem where a new sultan is given an education in sex. The curriculum includes having your future foretold from the shape of your penis, a bit of sadism with a leather strap and sex talk.
Prayer Cushions Of The Flesh
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Author : Robert Irwin
language : en
Publisher: ABRAMS
Release Date : 2002-07-01
Prayer Cushions Of The Flesh written by Robert Irwin and has been published by ABRAMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-01 with Fiction categories.
The author of The Arabian Nightmare spins “a wryly subversive and darkly erotic fable” (The Sunday Times). The virginal hero of the tale, Prince Orkhan, escapes from the Cage of the Imperial Harem, in which the sons of the sultan are imprisoned, and finds himself hailed by the Harem’s concubines as their new Sultan. He is immediately caught up in the excesses and perversions of the Harem. But evil flourishes in a bed of boredom and, after allowing the viper to drink at the Tavern of the Perfume-Makers, Orkhan enters a maze of complicated relationships, all orchestrated by the devotees of the Prayer-Cushion movement. Temptation, seduction, storytelling, and magic are used to lure the Sultan towards a climax that is designed to be both ecstatic and fatal. Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh is a masterful blend of historical fact, dark humor, and robust fantasy. “The novel sets a furious pace, flitting from one odd room and liaison to the next, giving Orkhan (and the reader) little time to puzzle out exactly who’s in charge. Part erotica, part serious political exploration, this book will titillate some readers and befuddle others.” —Publishers Weekly
Against The New Gods And Other Essays On Writers Of Imaginative Fiction
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Author : Brian Stableford
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2009-10-01
Against The New Gods And Other Essays On Writers Of Imaginative Fiction written by Brian Stableford and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Eight highly-readable essays on science fiction and fantasy writers, including David Brin, Jonathan Carroll, Samuel R. Delany, Joe Haldeman, Robert Irwin, Graham Joyce, Michael Shea, plus a major piece, "Against the New Gods," on British SF and crime writer Sydney Fowler Wright. Complete with Bibliography and Index.
Facsimiles Of Time
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Author : Eric Linn Ormsby
language : en
Publisher: The Porcupine's Quill
Release Date : 2001
Facsimiles Of Time written by Eric Linn Ormsby and has been published by The Porcupine's Quill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Eric Ormsby is a poet who writes prose that is both graceful and hard-headed. With an outspoken contempt for cant and literary persiflage, Ormsby ranges over a surprising array of writers and literatures. Each essay involves a new and sometimes startling viewpoint, whether on Hart Crane's homosexuality and its effect on his poems or the strange and twisted, yet redeeming, place which Shakespeare held in his own family history. From American and Canadian poetry to Classical Arabic literature Ormsby brings a fresh slant and incisive expression to his prose. What was Franz Kafka doing at a ski resort in the last years of his life and what did he do there besides tobogganing? Everyone knows that Jorge Luis Borges was bookish, but did you know he was bloodthirsty as well? How is Pat Lowther's posthumous reputation as a poet connected with the brutal circumstances of her murder? These and other mysteries are explored in the 17 elegant essays that make up Eric Ormby's new book.
Memoirs Of A Dervish
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Author : Robert Irwin
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2011-04-14
Memoirs Of A Dervish written by Robert Irwin and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the summer of 1964, while a military coup was taking place and tanks were rolling through the streets of Algiers, Robert Irwin set off for Algeria in search of Sufi enlightenment. There he entered a world of marvels and ecstasy, converted to Islam and received an initiation as a faqir. He learnt the rituals of Islam in North Africa and he studied Arabic in London. He also pursued more esoteric topics under a holy fool possessed of telepathic powers. A series of meditations on the nature of mystical experience run through this memoir. But political violence, torture, rock music, drugs, nightmares, Oxbridge intellectuals and first love and its loss are all part of this strange story from the 1960s.
Sexual Life In Ancient China
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Author : R.H. van Gulik
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-01
Sexual Life In Ancient China written by R.H. van Gulik and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-01 with History categories.
In 1961 Robert van Gulik published his pioneering overview of Sexual Life in Ancient China. This edition of the work is preceded by an elaborate introduction by Paul Rakita Goldin assessing the value of Van Gulik’s volume, the subject itself, and its author. The introduction is followed by an extensive and up-to-date bibliography on the subject, which guides the modern reader in the literature on the field which appeared after the publication of Van Gulik's volume. One of the criticisms in 1961 regarded the Latin translations of passages deemed too explicit by Van Gulik. In this 2002 edition all Latin has for the first time been translated into unambiguous English, thus making the full text widely available to an academic audience.
Eroticon
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Author : Giōrgēs Giatromanōlakēs
language : en
Publisher: Love Manual
Release Date : 1998
Eroticon written by Giōrgēs Giatromanōlakēs and has been published by Love Manual this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
Yorgi Yatromanolakis is a professor of ancie nt Greek, and is regarded as one of Greece''s most important 20th century novelists. His third novel, The History of a Ve ndetta, was awarded the First Greek National Prize for Liter ature '
The Arabian Nightmare
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Author : Robert Irwin
language : en
Publisher: ABRAMS
Release Date : 2002-04-30
The Arabian Nightmare written by Robert Irwin and has been published by ABRAMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-30 with Fiction categories.
A cult classic that “combines the genres of travelogue, fable, dream narrative, novel and confessional into one beguiling whole” (Publishers Weekly). The hero and guiding force of this epic fantasy is an insomniac young man who, unable to sleep, guides the reader through the narrow streets of Cairo—a mysterious city full of deceit and trickery. He narrates a complex tangle of dreams and imaginings that describe an atmosphere constantly shifting between sumptuously learned experiences, erotic adventure, and dry humor. The result is a thought-provoking puzzle box of sex, philosophy, and theology, reminiscent of Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco. “Deft and lovely . . . The smooth steely grip of Irwin’s story-telling genius is a joy to read.” —The Washington Post “The Arabian Nightmare is a conceit worthy of Borges.” —The New York Times “[Irwin’s] fascination for inner perception, helped along with a delight in Scheherazadian frames and exotic lore, makes for quite a rich experience: a strangely playful construct that, like an intricate Chinese box, delights with each unexpected combination and hidden drawer.” —Kirkus Reviews
News Of The Black Feast And Other Random Reviews
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Author : Brian Stableford
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2009-03-01
News Of The Black Feast And Other Random Reviews written by Brian Stableford and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This new collection gathers together 45 of Stableford's best critical reviews on works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, decadent literature, and nonfiction books about these topics. His comments are witty, intelligent, and full of insight. Complete with comprehensive index.
The A To Z Of Fantasy Literature
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Author : Brian Stableford
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2009-08-13
The A To Z Of Fantasy Literature written by Brian Stableford and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.