The Image (Creation Modern Classics) [Paperback]

Jean De Berg (Author)

Book Description

Series: Creation Modern Classics | Publication Date: January 1, 2003

Fiction. Erotica. Translated from the French by an unattributed translator. THE IMAGE is one of the most acclaimed and famous erotic novels of all time. One of only five erotic novels credited with truly literary status by Susan Sontag (in her essay The Pornographic Imagination), it is a story of bondage, dominance, and submission in the tradition of The Story of O. The narrator, Jean, gets help from Claire in the domination of the subservient Anne in a series of sexually explicit scenarios.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Creation Books (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840680962
• ISBN-13: 978-1840680966
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,877,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Puts the "Literature" in "Erotic Literature", September 5, 2009

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This review is from: The Image (Paperback)

The Image is one of the few books that puts the "literature" in "erotic literature".

This novel was published in 1956 and is set in Paris. Our narrator and point of view Jean meets his old friend Claire at a party. She introduces him to her young friend, Anne, who "belongs to" Claire. Over the course of the next one or two months, Claire demonstrates her domination of Anne to Jean, shares Anne with Jean, and (incidentally) teaches him to be a master in an S/M relationship.

This is a short novel, but there's nothing wrong with that. It's as long as it needs to be to resolve the one conflict and it's a rare pleasure to see such good writing in an erotic novel.

Because Pauline Reage (Dominique Aury) wrote the introduction to this book, comparisons to _The Story of O_ are inevitable but misguided. Yes, they were both written by French women, set around Paris in the early 1950s, and have S/M themes, but that about covers the similarities. _Story of O_ is fantastical; to accept the invitation to Roissy is to enter another world. _The Image_ is more realistic and concrete. They are vastly different books.

By all means buy it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Visually stimulating, January 16, 2011

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This review is from: The Image (Kindle Edition)

This BDSM novella was a good example of great descriptive prose. Jean De Berg takes us through the seduction between Jean and Claire using Anne as the means to their end. While I do not appreciate nor understand how the abuse of Anne could fuel their passions, I could admire the beauty within each scene of exploitation and how that could be appealing. Her descriptions where flawless, mysterious and sensual. A fast easy read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hot submission!, December 29, 2010

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Drax17 (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Image (Kindle Edition)

Jean is drawn into Claire's game of submission with her slave Anne, putting Anne thru varies humiliating erotic scenarios. As the story unfolds the dynamic between the three characters changes, mostly effecting Jean & Claire. It starts out with light BDSM moving into more aggresive torture. Not for the faint hearted. A very hot read!