100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed (eBook)

Melissa P. (Autor)

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2007
180 Seiten
Grove/Atlantic, Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-8021-9758-0 (ISBN)

Infos

An instant blockbuster in Italy where it has sold over 700,000 copies, and now an international literary phenomenon, 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is the fictionalized memoir of Melissa P., a Sicilian teenager whose quest for love rapidly devolves into a shocking journey of sexual discovery.Melissa begins her diary a virgin, but a stormy affair at the age of fourteen leads her to regard sex as a means of self-discovery, and for the next two years she plunges into a succession of encounters with various partners, male and female, her age and much older, some met through schoolmates, others through newspaper ads and Internet chat rooms. In graphic detail she describes her entry into a Dante-esque underworld of eroticism, where she willingly participates in group sex and sadomasochism, as well as casual pickups. Melissa's secret life is concealed from family and friends, revealed only in her diary entries.Told with disarming candor, Melissa P.'s bittersweet tour of extreme desires is as poignant as it is titillating. One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is a stunning erotic debut, a Story of O for our times.

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The international bestselling erotic novel about a young Sicilian girl's search for love in a pornographic world-"e;a scandal a la Catherine M."e; (L'Espresso, Italy). An instant blockbuster in Italy that went on to become an international literary phenomenon, 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is the fictionalized memoir of Melissa P., a Sicilian teenager whose quest for love rapidly devolves into a shocking journey of sexual discovery. Melissa begins her diary a virgin, but a stormy affair at the age of fourteen leads her to regard sex as a means of self-discovery, and for the next two years she plunges into a succession of encounters with various partners, male and female, her age and much older, some met through schoolmates, others through newspaper ads and Internet chat rooms. In graphic detail she describes her journey through a Dante-esque underworld of eroticism, where she willingly participates in group sex and sadomasochism, as well as casual pickups. Told with disarming candor, Melissa P.'s bittersweet tour of extreme desires is as poignant as it is titillating. One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is a stunning erotic debut, a Story of O for our times.

Autor

Born in Catania, Sicily, Melissa P. is now eighteen years old and living in Rome with her boyfriend (the son of her Italian publisher!). 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is her first book, and will soon be published in twenty-four countries. She has left high school and is hard at work on a follow-up to 100 Strokes.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.2020
• Übersetzer: Lawrence Venuti
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-8021-9758-2 / 0802197582
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-9758-0 / 9780802197580