The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism

Octavio Paz

276 pages, Paperback

ISBN: 0156003651

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Language: English

Publish: 833612400000

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In this series of essays Octavio Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repression, Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, original sin to artificial intelligence. “Brimming with insight, thoughtfulness, and sincerity” (Kirkus Reviews). Translated by Helen Lane.

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