Overlooked Literary Erotica
With all the trash out there, sometimes it's easy to remember that some writers continue to produce what is, for lack of a better term, literary erotica that transcends mere genre fiction.
Ariel Sands is the pen name of a celebrated writer of non-fiction. She has never revealed her true identity. Imagine a well-written BDSM novel—probably autofiction—that is what all the fans of Fifty Shades should have been reading.
Slave to Love, Jose Ma. Alvarez. The celebrated Spanish poet wrote only one erotic novel among a substantial corpus of accomplished work. The book's original title is "La esclava instruida" and has been available in a little-known translation for only a short time.
Passion of Mme. S, by Anonymous: Supposedly based on a cache of letters from the 1930's found in a basement of Paris, the publication of this book in French a few years ago caused a sensation.
Mr., by Emma Becker. Emma Becker's novel about a 20 year old fan of erotic fiction and her forty-something physician lover was published to great acclaim in Paris. She has recently finished a new novel, Alice, which has yet to be translated.
Submission, by Marthe Blau. Marthe Blau's tale of a married young attorney and mother's infatuation with an older colleague has the misfortunate of sharing a title with a more well-known work by Michel Hoellebecq about a democratically-elected Islamic government in France. Blau's work should not be ignored.
The Classmate, by Vanessa Duries. Duries' was well known and celebrated for her book, The Ties that Bind, a BDSM-themed memoir that was translated into several languages and earned her appearances on French television as well as a feature in Penthouse. Few are aware that at the time of her tragic death in an automobile accident, Vanessa left a completed novel, of which all but the first five chapters were lost. An unofficial translation is available on libgen, TPB and elsewhere.
These all look like shitty BDSM mommy lit.
I refuse to read any erotica written less than 50 years ago. I only read de Sade, Masoch, Mirbeau, Anais Nin, and anonymous Victorian sex stories.
>>8649358
Casanova's autobiography desu...
>>8649358
>probably autofiction
lel no, probably most of it is true, then enhanced to make the female audience want to experience the same things
>>8649358
With all of those readings, what have you learnt on the woman?
>female erotica authors
Nah
>>8649358
> I heard myself saying into the telephone, "But David. What about Maria?"
> "She knows about it, and she's okay with it," he said
Urgh.
Check out 'In Praise of Older Women' by Stephen Vizinczey instead, opie.
>>8649358
That book only got 2.5/5 out of good reads, why are u recommending rubbish to us?
I don't know man, post-modern guy, Nicholson Baker wrote a sort of erotic novel called Vox.
About some guy talking to a phone-sex operator.
Monica Lewinsky gave a copy to Bill Clinton, too. No joke.
>>8649392
this
thanks anyway OP but no
>>8649392
>Nin
>>8649621
You learn more women and men through women. Men are shit at reading women
>>8649650
I can't tell whether you're implying that's good or bad.
>>8650055
it's a /mu/me, you dip
OP come back
>>8649358
Does all erotica revolve around BDSM?
>>8652159
Hardly. This isn't an Ariel Sands thread. The second book by Jose Alvarez has nothing to do with BDSM nor erotica written by women. Mr is written by a woman but has nothing to do with BDSM either. There's an interesting twist to the Classmate that I won't spoil. Vox is a good suggestion, as is Vizinczey.
>>8649394
Casanova's autobio isn't erotica at all. He writes about seduction but stops; and if you're looking for seduction tips, there's only one.
>>8649392
You think Alvarez' book is BDSM??
>>8652229
>there's only one.
which is ?
>>8653013
still no integral scan?
any good male-sub novels after Venus In Furs?