Her Three Daughters

by Pierre Louÿs

Translated into modern English by R J Dent
Published by New Urge

Synopsis: A young man moves into a new apartment and receives an advanced education in the permutations of sex from a mother and her three—surprisingly well-educated—daughters. Part memoir, part confession, Her Three Daughters is Pierre Louÿs at his erotic best.

“Louÿs’s jolly saga of sexual insatiability…is one of the handful of erotic works that achieve true literary status.” — Susan Sontag

“Among all Pierre Louÿs’s books, this is undoubtedly my favourite, the most moving, most uplifting and sometimes the most terrifying, the purest, the least artificial and the most modern. A masterpiece.” — André Pieyre de Mandiargues

“Amazing! It’s erotica, but high-quality erotica!” — Jean d’Ormesson

“One of the most moving books ever written on the fatality of desires.” — Annie Le Brun

“Here, without question, is Pierre Louÿs’ erotic masterpiece. The strength of the novel does not come from its eventual biographical value, but from the constant transgression that manifests itself within it—containing all the erotic themes dear to the writer, elevated to a singular power. We also find here the key qualities of Louÿs’ style: the liveliness of the dialogue, the precision of the language, the irony, the relentlessness with which certain obscene words are constantly repeated. This scandalous book constitutes a total profanation and derision of the bourgeois universe to which the author belonged.” —Jean-Paul Goujon

Book details:

Title: Her Three Daughters
Author: Pierre Louÿs
Translator: R J Dent
Language: English
Publisher: New Urge
Publication Date: February 13, 2023
ISBN: 979-8986922478
Format: Paperback
Pages: 340
Dimensions: 12.85 cm x 2.16 cm x 19.84 cm (5.06 inches x 0.85 inches x 7.81 inches)
Weight: 15.5 ounces (439.41 grams)

Publisher’s book details: https://blackscatbooks.com/2023/02/26/all-in-the-family/
Purchase link (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BW2GGCQP
Purchase link (US): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2GGCQP
Purchase link (Aus): https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BW2GGCQP
Translator’s website: www.rjdent.com