Contours of Darkness (Vassi Collection) [Paperback]

Marco Vassi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1993 | Series: Vassi Collection (Book 5)

Marco Vassi was possibly the greatest erotic writer of his generation. His first publisher at Olympia Press, Maurice Girodias, compares his talent for prose to Henry Miller's writing. His sexual explorations and literary talent are the foundations of nine novels written between 1970 and 1976. Although his life was cut short, his memory lives on with the release of The Vassi Collection. The collection includes nine fiction titles and his autobiographical memoir, THE STONED APOCALYPSE, which follows his sexual liberation while on a trip he took in the sixties. Join Vassi in his exploration of the human sexual and spiritual experience. In Contours of Darkness a mix of strangers and lovers share love, sex, exploration and the new frontier of permissiveness, only to discover that their conventional upbringings carry more emotional weight than they are ready to deal with.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 282 pages
• Publisher: Permanent Pr Pub Co (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933256906
• ISBN-13: 978-0933256903
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,862,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sex, thought and love, October 1, 2000

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This review is from: Contours of Darkness (Vassi Collection) (Paperback)

In 'Contours of Darkness' Vassi goes where many authors fear to tread; he explores what happens inside people's heads when they are having sex. Markeketed as 'erotica' this is more about people searching for meaning in a world whose citizens cannot take off their masks. The tools used by the character's in their search for love and meaning are sex and hallucinogens. Vassi is brave in describing what people are thinking while engaged in sex, not only naked physically, but with their masks of inauthenticity removed temporarily by hallucinogens. The quality of the writing is variable and clumsy at times but the content is dynamite. The best of Vassi, by far, read by this reviewer, this book is certainly not pornographic. A cult vision, that will linger in your mind for some time.