{"product_id":"sade-a-biographical-essay-9780226064208","title":"Sade: A Biographical Essay","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Laurence L. Bongie\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writings of the Marquis de Sade have recently attained notoriety in the canon of world literature. Now Sade himself is often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights and a giant of philosophical thought. In this detailed investigative work, Laurence Bongie tests these claims and finds them unfounded and undeserved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A valuable correction to the perception of Sade as a profound thinker, a great writer, and a martyr to liberty. Drawing on original archival work, Bongie tries to illuminate Sade's childhood and his relationship with his parents. . . . Fluent and well-informed.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Bongie . . . has written an investigation focusing on one aspect of Sade's character and development, his heretofore neglected relationship with his aristocratic mother. . . . A profitable selection.\"--Richard Bernstein, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A welcome corrective. Bongie's book . . . aims to deflate the exalted claims made about the marquis by demonstrating that he was a monstrous character.\"--Scott Stossel, \u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47781103009943,"sku":"9780226064208","price":9568.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226064208.webp?v=1778050578","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sade-a-biographical-essay-9780226064208","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}