The Passion ArtistSet in an imaginary European city, The Passion Artist takes us into the dream-like interior world of Konrad Vost, a middle-aged widower grieving for his dead wife, devoted to his schoolgirl daughter, and obsessed with the memory and the fate of his mother, who is an inmate in the city's prison. When Vost discovers that his daughter has become a prostitute, and that the women prisoners are in revolt, he embarks on a fantastic series of violent and erotic encounters, exploring the shifting balance of power between the sexes, and the limits of human perversity. |
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... Hania , " came the voice from the shadows , " I too was a mo- ther .... " " He listened , he knew that the tall woman had shifted so that one hand held his shoulder and the other was firmly pressed to his cold and scaly side . He could ...
... Hania , " came the voice from the shadows , " I too was a mo- ther .... " " He listened , he knew that the tall woman had shifted so that one hand held his shoulder and the other was firmly pressed to his cold and scaly side . He could ...
Page 160
... Hania , will recognize these words as the words of an old woman . Never could they have been spoken by an old man , though in a sense they bear out Slovotkin . But more important , Hania , these same words gave rise long ago to a truth ...
... Hania , will recognize these words as the words of an old woman . Never could they have been spoken by an old man , though in a sense they bear out Slovotkin . But more important , Hania , these same words gave rise long ago to a truth ...
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... Hania , in my earliest childhood I too was subjected to martyrdom . A mere child . A very small girl . What could be worse ? You must know , Hania , that I was an only child except for an older brother . Since I was a girl and also so ...
... Hania , in my earliest childhood I too was subjected to martyrdom . A mere child . A very small girl . What could be worse ? You must know , Hania , that I was an only child except for an older brother . Since I was a girl and also so ...
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