Venus in Furs - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch BOOK REVIEW 

I read this and the Marquis de Sade's "Justine" back to back. That was an interesting weekend

On my fifth re-read of this book. I don't think I'll ever get bored of it. My second favourite book, could overtake Dorian Gray for the number 1 spot.

The second you started with the song, I knew this was going to be a gem.

I just discovered a newfound love for reading this past month, I stumbled up your video with another RU-vidr recommending your favorite books and one of them was perfume. I bought it and once I started I couldn’t put it down, such a great book and now I’m waiting for blood meridian to come in the mail, meanwhile I’m reading misery by Stephen king. Just wanna say thank you for doing what you do, I’ve recently gotten sober after years of drug and alcohol abuse and this pandemic was truly testing me, so I decided to get into reading and I love it, thanks man you are highly appreciated, take it easy brother.

If you enjoy this type of writing, i highly recommend some of the olympia press’s more scarce releases. They are still going i believe, not sure. I think a wife of Georges Bataille published a book called “the whip angels” through them, which i have yet to read. The obelisk press is also a fun publisher. Both of them publish authors with some seriously entertaining pseudonyms.

I hate it when people are always stepping on my books in their heels 👠 while I’m trying to read😂

This is one of my favourite books. The book is beautifully written and, while I had to keep google close by, I learn some things about Classical history from the book's many references and allegories. I also enjoy media which can describe love in its difficult states. You might think of the main character as whiny, but I see him as suffering from many of the inner turmoils that I also have when it came to turbulent relationships. Kinky relationships tend to do that.

Honestly, I found this book quite weak compared to the aura surrounding it, mostly due to the nomenclature. I read Sade, Bataille, and numerous 19th century erotica before eventually reading Sader-Masoch's work and found it middling for a work of erotica which is a slight insult. There are some terrible works of erotica from the time -- if you are interested some are easily accessible in the Gutenberg Project catalogue. However, the copy I read came with Deleuze's essay Coldness and Cruelty which was one of the most valuable reads I've had on Sadism and Masochism next to Klossowski's work on Sade.

That intro was great. The only thing to stop my reading is a good time.

The Confessions of Wanda Von Sacher-Masoch is an interesting read as well. It is told from Wanda's point of view.

"Cook the dinner, raise the kids, beat the husband" bahahah

I like how you're linking the historical path of authors, useful approach for those of us reading critically for themes. The wikipedia painting of him looks somewhere between you and Rustin Cohle.

i read the book earlier this year during quarantine and i liked it, never the less the review is very good, specially the intro! we love you man.

Coming up to the 100k mark soon Cliff, been great to see the growth over the years

din't know about that song...now i can't stop earing man! thank you!

This channel is like food for the brain!

Love, love love. Great start with the Velvet Underground.

I picked up The Piano Teacher based on you're review a while back and enjoyed it so this will have to be on the list.

I love that song, didn't knew where it came from. Great recommendation.

I wonder if this was an influence on Mishima too? Certain aspects of it, especially the part about the contract, remind me of the "Kyoko's House" segment from Paul Schrader's film Mishima (based on a story which, unfortunately, has not been translated into English).