Catherine Millet Libri

A national best-seller that was featured on such lists as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, and Publishers Weekly, The Sexual Life of Catherine M. was the controversial sleeper hit of the year. Since her youth, Catherine Millet, the eminent editor of Art Press, has led an extraordinarily active and free sexual life -- from al fresco encounters in Italy to a gang bang on the edge of the Bois du Boulogne to a high-class orgy at a chichi Parisian restaurant. A graphic account of sex stripped of sentiment, of a life of physical gratification and a relentlessly honest look at the consequences -- both liberating and otherwise -- have created this candid, powerful, and deeply intelligent depiction of unfettered sexuality.

Salvador Dalì’s (1904–89) surrealist paintings such as The Persistence of Memory and The Metamorphosis of Narcissus are internationally beloved for their unforgettable images and eccentric metaphors for the human condition. His lesser-known but equally intriguing writings, on the other hand, are remarkably coarse, describing human bodies and evocations of sexuality with a bewildering mixture of crude realism and naïve simplicity.Dalì and Me is an account by art historian and controversial author Catherine Millet of a highly personal encounter with the artist’s celebrated paintings and self-reflective writings. One of the first studies of the notoriously idiosyncratic artist’s essays, this revolutionary book reveals all the narcissism, anxiety, and visual genius of the most famous—and infamous—of the surrealists.Based on years of scrupulous research into Dalì’s life and art yet deeply enriched by Millet’s autobiographical journey, this landmark volume uncovers the reverberations of Dalì’s influence on his friends and contemporaries. In its explorations of both Millet’s and Dalì’s inner workings, Dalì and Me ultimately becomes an argument in book form that personal involvement can be the key to understanding one of the most compelling oeuvres in art history.  

Exploring the emotional complexities of an open relationship, the follow-up to Millet's best-seller delves into the turmoil caused by her partner Jacques's infidelity. While her first book celebrated sexual freedom without boundaries, this narrative confronts the painful reality of jealousy and heartache. Millet reflects on her quest for pleasure outside her home, only to face the stark contrast of love's darker aspects. "Jealousy" serves as a poignant exploration of the intersection between sexual liberation and emotional vulnerability.

'My ambition is to give back to the women of my blood the power of speech confiscated by their men.' Badra is a young Berber girl from aNorth African village who is married off to anold man, andbrutally raped on her wedding night. She thinks sexual pleasure exists only for men, until she escapes from her cruel husband to the city. Then she meets a handsome doctor who introduces her to a new world of sexual passion. L ' Amande , written under a pseudonym by a North African woman living in France, reads like an erotic manifesto for modern women who want to break free from the repressive bonds of cultural tradition to unashamedly demand their right to pleasure.

Olga Rodionova, une beauté du jet-set moscovite, inspire la photographe française Bettina Rheims pour un projet audacieux. Après plusieurs séances photo, dont une avec des éléments Sado-Maso, elles créent « The Book of Olga », un hommage moderne à la beauté féminine et à la sensualité, accompagné de plus de 100 photographies et d'une introduction de Catherine Millet.

Sie findet einen Briefumschlag auf dem Schreibtisch ihres Mannes und darin ein eindeutiges Foto einer nackten Schwangeren. Ihr Leben ändert sich schlagartig. Sie erlebt etwas, von dem sie dachte, es könne nur die anderen betreffen. Ihre Eifersucht wird umso qualvoller, je mehr sie in Erfahrung bringt, und schließlich stürzt sie in eine tiefe Krise, deren einziger Ausweg die Erkundung des eigenen Ich wird. Die minutiöse Darstellung des Seelenlebens einer betrogenen Frau und zugleich eine zutiefst bewegende Liebesgeschichte.

Catherine Millet répond dans cet ouvrage aux interrogations sur sa capacité à laisser de côté la jalousie et les blessures de ses relations, suite au succès de son livre scandaleux "Le sexe de Catherine M." publié il y a sept ans.

Die sexuelle Autobiografie Catherine Millets war eines der spektakulärsten Bücher der letzten Jahre. Ob sie von Abenteuern im Bois de Boulogne, in Peepshows oder in den Appartements der arrivierten Pariser Kunstszene berichtet, stets verblüfft die international angesehene Kunstexpertin durch die gelassene Selbstverständlichkeit ihres Stils. Fest steht: So hat noch nie eine Frau über ihre Sexualität geschrieben!

Bien connue dans les milieux de l'art, auteur d'essais et de monographies consacrées aux artistes d'aujourd'hui, l'auteur entreprend de raconter sa vie sexuelle d'une façon très audacieuse