Literary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Autobiography. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Witches' Sabbath is the remarkable autobiographical chronicle of French author Maurice Sachs (1906-1945). To Sachs, the work was a statement of account, a moral memo. Or should I say immoral? He recounts how, as a young man, he befriended Jean Cocteau and Coco Chanel, both of whom he stole from, as he stole from many others in his life (Sachs would later propose writing a book entitled Confessions of a Thief ). He tells of ...
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Literary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Autobiography. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Witches' Sabbath is the remarkable autobiographical chronicle of French author Maurice Sachs (1906-1945). To Sachs, the work was a statement of account, a moral memo. Or should I say immoral? He recounts how, as a young man, he befriended Jean Cocteau and Coco Chanel, both of whom he stole from, as he stole from many others in his life (Sachs would later propose writing a book entitled Confessions of a Thief ). He tells of when, in 1925, he converted to Catholicism and entered a seminary, only to be expelled because of his homosexuality. He tells of when he drifted through America, of when he nearly drank himself to death, of his many failed love affairs. In addition to being a compelling, honest portrait of a unique character, Witches' Sabbath is also notable for its engagement with literature. Every period of Sachs' life is marked by his dialogue with living and dead authors; Charles Baudelaire, Marcel Proust, Stendhal, all are featured. Thanks to his lifelong obsession with literature, Sachs developed a style all his own: peppered with keen, acerbic portraits of his contemporaries, sometimes picaresque, introspective and often full of irony.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. 315pp. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Modest foxing on the foredges with discoloration on the boards, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with light wear to the extremities.
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Very Good in J Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Very good (except for minor wear at the top & bottom of spine) in good dust jacket (spine slightly faded). Find out more about the author then you want to know. Want to know why he was kicked out of the priesthood? 1st edition / 1st printing. Hard Cover. 315pp. 16.5 x 24cm.
