D. A. F. de Sade Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Czech poet and photographer Jindřich Heisler (1914–1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career—Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight—he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940-41).This gorgeously illustrated volume—with eighty color images of Heisler's assemblage pieces—introduces English-speaking audiences to his work, translating many of his writings for the first time and offering in-depth analysis of his postwar years in Paris in the company of André Breton, Benjamin Péret, the illustrator Toyen, and other major figures of the Surrealist movement.

Dès sa naissance, Eugénie a séduit son père par sa beauté. Il prend alors soin de lui faire donner une éducation dépourvue de tout principe moral et religieux. Le jour où la jeune fille atteint l'âge de quatorze ans, M. de Franval décide de parfaire son instruction...

Infortunée Justine ! Orpheline, ingénue, vertueuse... La voilà lancée sans défense sur les chemins du vice. Non qu'elle soit elle-même pervertie, mais les caprices du sort, ou peut-être son incroyable soumission, l'exposent aux plus odieux tourments. Voyage infernal à l'issue duquel elle se retrouve dans un couvent. De pratiques abominables en exercices cruels, les moines libertins célèbrent alors de curieuse façon les mystères divins. Et la trop sage Justine, victime rêvée, ne sait qu'attiser leurs coupables désirs. Justine ne saurait décidément guérir de sa vertu. Est-ce pour cela que le ciel lui réserve une dernière surprise ?

Herausgegeben und mit einem Dossier versehen von Michel Farin und Hans-Ulrich Seifert.

A new translation of Sade’s most notorious, shocking, and influential novel. Winner of the 2017 Scott Moncrieff Prize This distressing but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history: Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; and feminists such as Andrea Dworkin and Angela Carter clashed over him. This new translation brings Sade's provocative novel into Penguin Classics for the first time, and will reignite the debate around this most controversial of writers. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.