Thunder's Mouth Press
August 2006
On Sale: August 6, 2006
390 pages ISBN: 1560258578 EAN: 9781560258575 Kindle: B00439GJNG Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Sex and death have always been connected. The French call
the orgasm "la petite mort" (the little death). In
Shakespearean England, "to die" also meant to have an
orgasm. The Victorians believed a man's climax depleted
his physical strength and moral resolve and brought him
closer to death. Likewise, the sex act drained women of
their vitality.
We are as keen to examine sex as we are death: put the two
together and you have an explosive, daring literary
venture into the taboo. DYING FOR IT: TALES OF SEX AND
DEATH satisfies with an exciting and entertaining variety
of expressions on the two most intimate human acts.
Contributors include novelists from across the literary
spectrum: Kelley Armstrong, Lauren Henderson, Vicki
Hendricks, Adreana Robbins, Tobsha Learner, Niall
Griffiths, Ashley Lister, Clare Colvin, and the editor,
Mitzi Szereto.
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