Breathless: Erotica [Hardcover]

Kitty Tsui (Author), Kitty Tsuki (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

How to describe writing about sex? "Pornography" seems old fashioned, male-oriented; and "erotica," while kinder and gentler, feels like a marketing term. Kitty Tsui's Breathless carries the label "erotic" on its cover, but it's explicit, no-holds-barred, depictions of lesbian sex--including S-M, bondage, and rough play--feels closer to the hard edge of porn, not the gracefulness of "erotica." Tsui has been writing for more than a decade and is just now finding a wider audience, and it is about time. Breathless is beautifully written, and Tsui knows exactly what she is doing. The grace of the prose is countered, line by line, with sexual and emotional excitement that startles us, even as we are seduced by it. Breathless is a nonstop roller coaster that leaves us feeling just that. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 151 pages
• Publisher: Firebrand Books (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563410737
• ISBN-13: 978-1563410734
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,847,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kitty Tsui is the author of The Words of a Woman who Breathes Fire, Breathless, and Sparks Fly. Her first book has the distinction of being the first book published by a Chinese American lesbian. Her second book, Breathless, won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award at the ABA in Chicago in 1996. Her third book, Sparks fly, was penned by her alter ego, Eric Norton, a gay leatherman in pre-AIDS San Francisco.

Tsui has been included in over 60 anthologies worldwide, including: Chloe Plus Olivia, Dyke Life, Outstanding Lives, Reclaiming the Heartland, Making Waves. Her work has been translated into German, Italian and Japanese.

She lives in Southern California with her Vizsla, Meggie Too2.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kitty left me breathless and on my way to Michigan, August 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Breathless: Erotica (Paperback)

This book jumped into my hands at the book store and I've reread it every month or so since to wake up my awesome passion for women and to feed my imagination. I am desparately in love with Kitty and have mildly obsessed with all of her work. Reading this book has truly changed my life because in several of her stories she mentions a festval in Michagan where there are thousands of women and I went this year for the first time and expirenced the most beautiful, emotional and sex charged week of my entire life. For that I owe Kitty a kiss on the boots and a heartfelt thank-you!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars LEFT ME BREATHLESS!, July 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Breathless: Erotica (Paperback)

Without a doubt RAW, BOLD and BODACIOUS! The masochism created stirrings and such an arousal in me that,I'm seeing myself in a different light these days. Thank-you Kitty.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's been years..., March 30, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Breathless: Erotica (Hardcover)

Since I picked up a book about lesbian erotica. I was not disapointed. Kitty Tsui is a fine word chef who crafts her stories like a five course meal. Each one to be savored but diffrent flavor sprinkled through out. This "Foodie" left the table full. Bravo Kitty.