Le Marquis de Sade et sa complice, ou les revanches de la pudeur
Jean Paulhanor the worst is the enemy of evil for G.L[imbour], affectionately
Dedication by Jean Paulhan.
We do not always suffocate in the silence of confinement, under masks and chains... Sensitivity, sometimes, is awakened and, with it, the intelligence of speech, however scandalous it may be.
In this ability that Sade possesses to penetrate the secret perversions of the soul and its tortuous torments, in this way that he has to resort to excess to establish it as a principle, Paulhan discovers the magic of a work of art articulated with implacable precision and logic.
Is it complicity or clairvoyance which leads this “divine reader” to pronounce, in the face of this literature of seduction, the words of decency and modesty?
Editor (1987): Complex Editions
Editeur : Les Editions Lilac