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Sex
Photographs and writings reflect the superstar's personal sexual fantasies
132 pages, Spiral-bound
First published October 1, 1992
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Madonna
183 books330 followersMadonna Louise Ciccone is an American pop singer-songwriter. Through her music career, she has also gained some notability as a dancer, record producer, film producer, actress, author and a fashion icon. She is a multiple Grammy- and Golden Globe-award winner, known for her ambitious music videos, stage performances and use of sexual and religious themes in her work.
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August 17, 2015
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in 1992, i thought it was important that a person could walk into barnes & noble and exchange $50 for a book with pictures of half-naked men in it.
but i was a teen. i didn't have $50. by the the time i'd saved enough, the limited-edition run had sold out.
so i bought it in french.
i don't speak french. i couldn't understand anything written in it except l'amour. and sexe.
but i loved it anyway.
because steven meisel had taken some amazing photographs of madonna, and i loved both steven meisel and madonna.
and there were men in it. naked men.
and stuff like this:
it came in a foil wrapper, so you couldn't leaf through it at the store.
the covers were made of embossed metal.
it came with a CD. also in silvery foil. it had a couple remixes of 'erotica' on it, and one by william orbit that was the shit.
and while i couldn't understand anything she'd written, i could understand the photography just fine:
playful, and kinky, and beautiful, and utterly scandalous to the eyes of a closeted gay boy who could hardly believe there was anyone else in the world who loved to look at beautiful men like he did—never mind admit it.
punk lesbians and muscle gays. basketball players and leather doms. isabella rossellini dressed as a man. boys wearing heels and corsets. vanilla ice. big daddy kane. pussy, titties, ass, dick.
madonna nude, on the side of a beverly hills road, thumb out as if to hitch a ride.
sexe. beautiful, beautiful sexe.
i owned this book for about a month.
the ridiculous spiral binding ate into the edges of the paper, and it fell apart.
maybe for the best; if my mother had found it, she'd have built a small pyre for it and forced me to watch it burn.
i wish i still had it.
but i remember it vividly.
and i remember what it was like to walk into that b&n on the upper east side of manhattan, slide it off the shelf, and plop it up on the counter by the registers, staring coolly at the cashier—daring him to say something judgy about madonna, about gays, about nudity, about... about anything, really.
but all he said was, "oh."
and, "this is a cool book."
and, "lots of great pictures."
and also:
"...you know it's in french, right?"
in 1992, i thought it was important that a person could walk into barnes & noble and exchange $50 for a book with pictures of half-naked men in it.
but i was a teen. i didn't have $50. by the the time i'd saved enough, the limited-edition run had sold out.
so i bought it in french.
i don't speak french. i couldn't understand anything written in it except l'amour. and sexe.
but i loved it anyway.
because steven meisel had taken some amazing photographs of madonna, and i loved both steven meisel and madonna.
and there were men in it. naked men.
and stuff like this:
it came in a foil wrapper, so you couldn't leaf through it at the store.
the covers were made of embossed metal.
it came with a CD. also in silvery foil. it had a couple remixes of 'erotica' on it, and one by william orbit that was the shit.
and while i couldn't understand anything she'd written, i could understand the photography just fine:
playful, and kinky, and beautiful, and utterly scandalous to the eyes of a closeted gay boy who could hardly believe there was anyone else in the world who loved to look at beautiful men like he did—never mind admit it.
punk lesbians and muscle gays. basketball players and leather doms. isabella rossellini dressed as a man. boys wearing heels and corsets. vanilla ice. big daddy kane. pussy, titties, ass, dick.
madonna nude, on the side of a beverly hills road, thumb out as if to hitch a ride.
sexe. beautiful, beautiful sexe.
i owned this book for about a month.
the ridiculous spiral binding ate into the edges of the paper, and it fell apart.
maybe for the best; if my mother had found it, she'd have built a small pyre for it and forced me to watch it burn.
i wish i still had it.
but i remember it vividly.
and i remember what it was like to walk into that b&n on the upper east side of manhattan, slide it off the shelf, and plop it up on the counter by the registers, staring coolly at the cashier—daring him to say something judgy about madonna, about gays, about nudity, about... about anything, really.
but all he said was, "oh."
and, "this is a cool book."
and, "lots of great pictures."
and also:
"...you know it's in french, right?"
December 11, 2013
I once started an academic paper with a quote from Madonna's book. Although the reviewer's comments were generally rather lukewarm, they went out of their way to praise the "terrific opening sentence" and it got accepted.
If this trick works for you too, I will appreciate a word of thanks in the acknowledgements section.
If this trick works for you too, I will appreciate a word of thanks in the acknowledgements section.
September 2, 2007
So, I was at my bondage master's condo last night when I made some obscure reference to Madonna and he said, "I have the Madonna book," and then I was all like:
"Mr. Peabody's Apples?"
no
"The English Roses?"
no
"Lotsa De Casha?"
Oh yeah. In the early 1990s (when I was in junior high), Madonna did the Sex book. First of all, you have to be really careful turning pages because of the spiral binding. Second of all, there are a bunch of lyrics from the Erotica album that all these years I thought were something other than what they were. All these years, instead of "I'll hit you like a truck," I thought she was saying, "I'll eat you like a chocolate." "Truck" rhymes with "fuck" though, so I guess that makes more sense.
Madonna is my favorite person ever and she is amazing in the photos. The photo of Madonna parasailing naked -- GODDESS!!! The written stuff, not so amazing. Also, why are most of the men clothed? And Vanilla Ice? What's he doing in the book at all?
My favorite story is when Dita (Madonna's alter ego in the book) has sex with a teenager who flunked high school and got kicked out of his parent's home and she seduces him by saying he can come live at her place except she only has one bed and then she forces the teenager to make the awkward first moves. That was pretty hot.
There's lots of stuff in the book I don't understand. One time her boyfriend was fucking her while she was pretending to be asleep and then she makes him stop just to tease him. There's more social commentary than I expected. She advises women on how to tease men. She also comments on how she will fuck old guys, but not fat guys because she would have to get on top and it would be like fucking a pregnant woman and how she sees pretty young women with old fat disgusting guys and they're only together because of the men's money. She also says that she likes porn but if you can only get off while watching porn then in her opinion that's sexual dysfunction.
Um, less ranting, more naked parasailing please.
"Mr. Peabody's Apples?"
no
"The English Roses?"
no
"Lotsa De Casha?"
Oh yeah. In the early 1990s (when I was in junior high), Madonna did the Sex book. First of all, you have to be really careful turning pages because of the spiral binding. Second of all, there are a bunch of lyrics from the Erotica album that all these years I thought were something other than what they were. All these years, instead of "I'll hit you like a truck," I thought she was saying, "I'll eat you like a chocolate." "Truck" rhymes with "fuck" though, so I guess that makes more sense.
Madonna is my favorite person ever and she is amazing in the photos. The photo of Madonna parasailing naked -- GODDESS!!! The written stuff, not so amazing. Also, why are most of the men clothed? And Vanilla Ice? What's he doing in the book at all?
My favorite story is when Dita (Madonna's alter ego in the book) has sex with a teenager who flunked high school and got kicked out of his parent's home and she seduces him by saying he can come live at her place except she only has one bed and then she forces the teenager to make the awkward first moves. That was pretty hot.
There's lots of stuff in the book I don't understand. One time her boyfriend was fucking her while she was pretending to be asleep and then she makes him stop just to tease him. There's more social commentary than I expected. She advises women on how to tease men. She also comments on how she will fuck old guys, but not fat guys because she would have to get on top and it would be like fucking a pregnant woman and how she sees pretty young women with old fat disgusting guys and they're only together because of the men's money. She also says that she likes porn but if you can only get off while watching porn then in her opinion that's sexual dysfunction.
Um, less ranting, more naked parasailing please.
April 20, 2021
Interesting what comes up on ones GR feed. I was reminded that a good decade ago I was invited to a party by some friends and met the host, a lady whose ex was something to do with Madonna. The host had many copies of this book packed in boxes, all very heavy, as it was the edition with a metal cover and a CD. It looked to me like the entire Australian distribution. I had a quick look at a copy she had and recall thinking it was not that much to rave about. Oh well!
April 10, 2012
I simply had to rate a coffee-table book that declares "My pussy has 9 lives" and “Everybody loves you when they are about to cum.” While fascinating and wildy observant, Madonna is certainly no Ayn Rand. With gorgeous photography by Steven Meisel, our lady of the whip teases with exposed perky nipples - see Madonna getting paddled, see Madonna biting a jock's bare butt, see Madonna hitchhiking naked in stilettos. She rambles on about S&M, sex with old people and how much she loves her pussy... and it reads like laughable grade-school porn. She writes love letters to her lesbian lover Ingrid but there's nothing remotely erotic here. Lets face it - we love Madonna for her bravado not her writing endowments, do we not? Quite frankly, Madonna could sell a smoke machine to a house on fire, while dancing in her underwear and I'd stand in line to watch. :)
August 1, 2017
"Sex" by Madonna is a ground-breaking book about sex. The photos are enticing, sexy, suggestive, and compelling. Curiosity pushes people to leaf thru this book and, boy, do they get an eyeful. This book exposes the viewer to a variety of sex in a very tasteful and easily accessible way. This book helps define sex that is out of reach for most people.
It's an adventure to pick up this book and peruse the photos. Read it several times. You'll always see something different - a new detail in a photograph, or recognize a celebrity, and wonder how Madonna and that celebrity know each other. That might be a story in its own right. It's a crazy book, no doubt about it, but it's a lovely craziness, and a wonderful adventure.
It's an adventure to pick up this book and peruse the photos. Read it several times. You'll always see something different - a new detail in a photograph, or recognize a celebrity, and wonder how Madonna and that celebrity know each other. That might be a story in its own right. It's a crazy book, no doubt about it, but it's a lovely craziness, and a wonderful adventure.
August 1, 2008
I actualy had to do a report on this piece of crap in college. I do believe it can serve a purpose tho... whenever Madonna starts acting high and mighty and pretending that she is a noble born British Lady, someone should show her a copy of this book and say " nope, your just a whore..."
July 11, 2013
Whether you love her or hate her, Madonna is a cultural icon beyond compare. For well over the thirty years now, the Queen of Pop has re-invented herself, her music and her image time and time again, somehow managing to stay one step ahead of her contemporaries. Before the days of raunchy sex tapes and revealing hacked-from-cellphone selfies turning nobodies into celebrities, Madonna was hiring photographers (both still and moving alike) to follow her around L.A. while she visited the locker rooms of gay bath houses, engaged in public sex acts with other stars, and dressed up in bondage gear with just about every master and slave within the thirty-mile-zone. When all was said and done, her SEX book ended up being one of the biggest news stories of 1992. It flew off shelves in record time, and even today - some twenty one years later - copies regular sell on auction sites for upwards of $400.00. If you ever hear one of you gay friends saying, "Madonna did it first," don't argue. She probably did.
Of course, SEX took a lot of heat for its sexually-explicit content, but more than one limp-wristed man (who I probably bedded around the same time) also complained about it's production quality and packaging. First it was the Mylar bag - collectors didn't want to open it for fear of the book losing its value, and even once it was opened, it looked tragically shitty sitting upon the bookshelf with a wrinkly, torn shiny bag hanging off of it. Then there was the spiral binding, which took a lot of guff because it bent in odd ways and some of pages tended to fall out. But if you could get past the hype (and believe me, there was tons), SEX was almost a masterpiece. There was nothing like it before and quiet honestly, there's been nothing like it since. Though it was intended to be one of three equally-successful, overtly sexual projects that Madonna was releasing - along with Body of Evidence (her film) and Erotica (her album) - it ended up being the only one of the three to have any sort of lasting impact or pull on the memory. Body of Evidence, after being produced with a $30 million dollar budget, was slapped with a rare NC-17 rating (think Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls) and only managed to rake-in $13 million at the box office. It did not go on to have any sort of cult following, which sometimes helps to bolster numbers with DVD/VHS/streaming sales, and it even found a position on Robert Ebert's 2005 "Most Hated Films of All Time" list. Erotica, while praised by critics and hardcore fans alike, was Madonna's poorest-performing album of all time (until the likes of American Life, Hard Candy and MDNA - though to be fair, it's hard to compare numbers given 21st Century piracy technology), peaking only at number two in the U.S. and U.K. and selling slightly more than two million copies at a time when selling five or seven million was not uncommon.
In the end, however, SEX turned into one of the watershed moments that made Madonna the uber-celebrity juggernaut that she is today. It's most definitely one of her top five defining moments and the world wouldn't be the same without it. The next time you happen upon a copy in a shady bookstore on the bad side of town, shell out half of last month's pay and pick it up. One day when she's dead, everyone will pretend they've always loved her and were her biggest fans (just like they've done the Michael Jackson, who they only used to call a pedophile) and it will be worth even more. Think of it as an investment.
Love and switchblades,
Joey
April 19, 2021
I've had this book on my "to read" list for I don't know how long. It first was published when I was in high school, about the same time Madonna's "Justify My Love" was released. I did have an interest in reading it when it first came out but being terribly naive back in 1991 or 1992 and a country boy from Wyoming I think a lot of the essays or "love letters" could very well have been lost to me. Oh, sure I would have understood most of it and giggled about like one would typically react to a coffee table book such as this. But a few subtleties and film references mentioned in the book I can fully appreciate now. As with life so many distractions arise and an ever increasing reading list has simply had this read shelved for so long. Availability was an issue too when I made mild efforts to check it out at the library or an interlibrary loan all to no avail. I finally scored a copy on Ebay for a reasonable price. It came all the way from Japan and small hints of censorship are taking place here which illustrates what is just "too above and beyond and gone to far" even if it is an erotic art book. Photography in the book is done well and is very stylish... what you come to expect with Madonna and I appreciate the splashes of color photos in-between batches of black and white ones. There is a timeless quality to the phtographs as it's something that Madonna strives for. The only thing that makes the book slightly dated is the intro where she declares everything in her book is a fantasy and shouldn't be taken as a real thing and to practice safe sex due to AIDS. This advice is still important and very useful but this comes from a time where even if you were on aggressive medication for AIDS the likelihood of having a long life wasn't all that good. Medication has definitely improved and you are bound to be around for a long time if you take good care of yourself while living with AIDS and HIV.
I'm glad I finally got around to reading this book. It's fun but by no means great and with the covid era in effect it's a good opportunity to go back and not get side tracked as much with reading you have been meaning to tackle.
I'm glad I finally got around to reading this book. It's fun but by no means great and with the covid era in effect it's a good opportunity to go back and not get side tracked as much with reading you have been meaning to tackle.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 30, 2024
As fotos são tão sensacionais, mas o conjunto peca pela vacuidade.
July 21, 2015
UPDATE: 07222015
Not related to the book but it's Madonna so it's related right? lol ^^
because I just want to share with you guys that THE Queen is coming to Manila next year!!!
but...
57K? *gulp*
I think I'd be willing to pay the 8400 without losing my rent
*searching ebay for military grade binocs*
oh, about the book again - please lemme know if you wanna read it cuz I can definitely loan it ^^
tata
#QueenMother
***
simply riveting - no less from the queen mother herself.
"There is something comforting about being tied up like when you were a baby and your mother strapped you in the car seat. She wanted you to be safe. It was an act of love."
nsfw
Not related to the book but it's Madonna so it's related right? lol ^^
because I just want to share with you guys that THE Queen is coming to Manila next year!!!
but...
57K? *gulp*
I think I'd be willing to pay the 8400 without losing my rent
*searching ebay for military grade binocs*
oh, about the book again - please lemme know if you wanna read it cuz I can definitely loan it ^^
tata
#QueenMother
***
simply riveting - no less from the queen mother herself.
"There is something comforting about being tied up like when you were a baby and your mother strapped you in the car seat. She wanted you to be safe. It was an act of love."
nsfw
April 23, 2014
Qual o problema?
Que foi?
Ohhhhhhhhhhh...
Gostei e gostei!
Ora...
Fotos!
Que foi?
Ohhhhhhhhhhh...
Gostei e gostei!
Ora...
Fotos!
December 7, 2014
A lot of the writings are pretty bad, but the audacity of the photos, coming from someone at the height of their career, is thrilling. There's also an unapologetic freedom to them that is inspiring.
November 2, 2021
Crappy and gross.
Gosh. Madonna is physically revolting.
Gosh. Madonna is physically revolting.
June 19, 2012
most stimulating book ever!!!!!!!!!! :)
May 23, 2025
Just found out this exists so I had to read it (sorry mom I’m a freak). I guess i just don’t know that much abt pop culture.
Pretty pictures of pretty people but so painfully dated and nothing really profound from Madonnas writing—nothing about pleasure, connection, humanity etc.
Really weird vibes to be profiting from the spectacle of kink, ‘edginess’, promiscuity, queerness, androgyny etc while being ableist, and almost entirely about rich white people. But it's the 90s right............ riiight.... The overarching story line is her leaving her open relationship with a man bc he has gay sex while she’s simultaneously embroiled in all sorts of queer lovemaking… like ok? Also the whole page that was just a tirade against fat people.
I’m happy Madonna had fun making this but it feels like there was a lack of reflection and care that went into the project. 30 min ago when I first found out this existed I had higher hopes but it just feels pretty shallow. It’s really just porn—nothing wrong with that, I just thought it would be something more fun/creative :/
Pretty pictures of pretty people but so painfully dated and nothing really profound from Madonnas writing—nothing about pleasure, connection, humanity etc.
Really weird vibes to be profiting from the spectacle of kink, ‘edginess’, promiscuity, queerness, androgyny etc while being ableist, and almost entirely about rich white people. But it's the 90s right............ riiight.... The overarching story line is her leaving her open relationship with a man bc he has gay sex while she’s simultaneously embroiled in all sorts of queer lovemaking… like ok? Also the whole page that was just a tirade against fat people.
I’m happy Madonna had fun making this but it feels like there was a lack of reflection and care that went into the project. 30 min ago when I first found out this existed I had higher hopes but it just feels pretty shallow. It’s really just porn—nothing wrong with that, I just thought it would be something more fun/creative :/
January 16, 2016
Šią ir kitas mano apžvalgas galima rasti čia: http://knygoholike.blogspot.lt/2016/0...
1992 metais Madona pasikvietė žvaigždžių (Vanilla Ice, Naomi Campbell ir kt.), nusisamdė fotografus, kurie paskui ją sekiojo ir nuolat fotografavo. Ji nuoga vaikštinėjo mieste, pasinėrė į viešus sekso aktus ir nuotraukose įamžino savo seksualines fantazijas. Iš viso šito gimė albumas "Sex".
"Sex" 1990-aisiais buvo iššluotas iš knygynų ir iki šiol yra vertinamas ir graibstomas. Tai - kolekcinė vertybė, kurios kaina aukcionuose šiuo metu siekia kelis šimtus dolerių.
Vieni Madoną ir šį jos kūrinį keikia, kiti - garbina, bet aišku viena - Madona buvo pirmoji, sugalvojusi tokį dalyką, o visi kiti - išgarsėję sekso skandalais ir "netyčia" nutekėjusiomis sekso vaizdajuostėmis - tik kopijuotojai.
Mano nuomonė? Užsitarnavai vardą, juo ir naudokis. Nieko baisaus aš čia nematau, nors mano skoniui knyga - vidutiniška.
Knygoje daug prasto 90-ųjų maketavimo, pilna nuotraukų ir yra kelios rašytinės istorijos, kurių kai kuriais atvejais neįmanoma perskaityti, nes pridėta cheesy efektų. Kam dėti tekstą, kurio neįmanoma skaityti?
Rašliava - nieko ekstremalaus, lengva erotika. Su nutoraukomis - įvairiai. Tiek galiu pasakyti: Madona - moteris be kompleksų. Mano skoniui iš visos tos gausybės buvo penkios geros (bet tikrai geros, meniškos) nuotraukos ir dvi tokios ok istorijos. Madona pademonstravo ir keistoką humoro jausmą: prievartavimo scena mokyklos sporto salėje - seriously?!
Daugelį tokia praeitis sužlugdytų, bet tik ne Madoną. Jai visa tai - kaip ten sakoma - kaip vanduo nuo žąsies. Ir dabar senstelėjusi, bet gerai išsilaikiusi Madona kartais dar bando padaryti kokį statement'ą, apdovanojimų ceremonijos metu apsirengusi skauto uniformą ar panašiai, bet iš esmės paskutiniuoju metu labiau panėšėja į aukštuomenės damą ir ėmėsi rašyti ne seksualinius memuarus, o - tik pamanykit - knygas vaikams.
Ir štai antroji mano skaityta Madonos knyga - "Mr. Peabody's Apples"/"Pono Pybodžio obuoliai" (nėra jokių užslėptų seksualinių prasmių, neišsigalvokit).
Knyga apie berniuką, kuris neatsargiai apkalbėjo miestelio mokytoją. Ankstyvas pokaris, mažas miestelis Amerikoje.
Tekstas - na, toks vidutiniškas. Kažkokiu rašytojos talentu Madona nesuspindo. Ir istorija tokia labai jau didaktiška - kaip kokie tarybiniai multikai: jei būsi nevala, atsitiks tas ir tas, jei būsi godus, nutiks taip ir anaip. Arba Madonos knygos atveju, jei neapgalvotai apšnekėsi žmogų, jam pakenksi...
Bet nėra ir blogai, tiesiog paprasta istorija. Bet jau iliustracijos! Žiauriai, žiauriai gražūs piešiniai - iliustravo Loren Long, amerikiečių dailininkė. Ir jie knygą perkelia visai į kitą lygį. Man tie piešiniai buvo panašūs į amerikiečių dailininką Thom'ą Hart'ą Benton'ą.
Jei turėčiau vaikų, jiems tikrai skaityčiau Madonos knygą prieš miegą ("Obuolius", aišku, ne "Sex"). Ne šedevras, bet negi jiems nobelistus prieš miegą skaityti. O čia graži ir pamokoma istorija su puikiom iliustracijom.
1992 metais Madona pasikvietė žvaigždžių (Vanilla Ice, Naomi Campbell ir kt.), nusisamdė fotografus, kurie paskui ją sekiojo ir nuolat fotografavo. Ji nuoga vaikštinėjo mieste, pasinėrė į viešus sekso aktus ir nuotraukose įamžino savo seksualines fantazijas. Iš viso šito gimė albumas "Sex".
"Sex" 1990-aisiais buvo iššluotas iš knygynų ir iki šiol yra vertinamas ir graibstomas. Tai - kolekcinė vertybė, kurios kaina aukcionuose šiuo metu siekia kelis šimtus dolerių.
Vieni Madoną ir šį jos kūrinį keikia, kiti - garbina, bet aišku viena - Madona buvo pirmoji, sugalvojusi tokį dalyką, o visi kiti - išgarsėję sekso skandalais ir "netyčia" nutekėjusiomis sekso vaizdajuostėmis - tik kopijuotojai.
Mano nuomonė? Užsitarnavai vardą, juo ir naudokis. Nieko baisaus aš čia nematau, nors mano skoniui knyga - vidutiniška.
Knygoje daug prasto 90-ųjų maketavimo, pilna nuotraukų ir yra kelios rašytinės istorijos, kurių kai kuriais atvejais neįmanoma perskaityti, nes pridėta cheesy efektų. Kam dėti tekstą, kurio neįmanoma skaityti?
Rašliava - nieko ekstremalaus, lengva erotika. Su nutoraukomis - įvairiai. Tiek galiu pasakyti: Madona - moteris be kompleksų. Mano skoniui iš visos tos gausybės buvo penkios geros (bet tikrai geros, meniškos) nuotraukos ir dvi tokios ok istorijos. Madona pademonstravo ir keistoką humoro jausmą: prievartavimo scena mokyklos sporto salėje - seriously?!
Daugelį tokia praeitis sužlugdytų, bet tik ne Madoną. Jai visa tai - kaip ten sakoma - kaip vanduo nuo žąsies. Ir dabar senstelėjusi, bet gerai išsilaikiusi Madona kartais dar bando padaryti kokį statement'ą, apdovanojimų ceremonijos metu apsirengusi skauto uniformą ar panašiai, bet iš esmės paskutiniuoju metu labiau panėšėja į aukštuomenės damą ir ėmėsi rašyti ne seksualinius memuarus, o - tik pamanykit - knygas vaikams.
Ir štai antroji mano skaityta Madonos knyga - "Mr. Peabody's Apples"/"Pono Pybodžio obuoliai" (nėra jokių užslėptų seksualinių prasmių, neišsigalvokit).
Knyga apie berniuką, kuris neatsargiai apkalbėjo miestelio mokytoją. Ankstyvas pokaris, mažas miestelis Amerikoje.
Tekstas - na, toks vidutiniškas. Kažkokiu rašytojos talentu Madona nesuspindo. Ir istorija tokia labai jau didaktiška - kaip kokie tarybiniai multikai: jei būsi nevala, atsitiks tas ir tas, jei būsi godus, nutiks taip ir anaip. Arba Madonos knygos atveju, jei neapgalvotai apšnekėsi žmogų, jam pakenksi...
Bet nėra ir blogai, tiesiog paprasta istorija. Bet jau iliustracijos! Žiauriai, žiauriai gražūs piešiniai - iliustravo Loren Long, amerikiečių dailininkė. Ir jie knygą perkelia visai į kitą lygį. Man tie piešiniai buvo panašūs į amerikiečių dailininką Thom'ą Hart'ą Benton'ą.
Jei turėčiau vaikų, jiems tikrai skaityčiau Madonos knygą prieš miegą ("Obuolius", aišku, ne "Sex"). Ne šedevras, bet negi jiems nobelistus prieš miegą skaityti. O čia graži ir pamokoma istorija su puikiom iliustracijom.
January 7, 2009
Amazingly erotic, artistic, sexual, taboo, dirty, funny, sinful, romantic, passionate and painful. A piece of iconic pop history. I dare you to read it and live it!!!
January 25, 2010
I didn't think I could love Madonna more, Then I read this book.
May 22, 2015
You know, I gotta give credit to the pretentious queen Madonna. For someone who is as famous as she, and to have the audacity to open up to the world in this way is quite brave. I didn't particularly enjoy the content itself, but examining this as a work of artistic expression with a big grain of salt- I gotta give her credit. I could never bare myself to the world this way and I commend her for doing that and being very open to taboo, forbidden ideas and images.
August 17, 2016
It was time to strip this book naked from all those legends and stories and see what the fuss was (still is?) about. Well there are some pretty good pictures with beautiful people, with beautiful naked bodies. No problems with beauty. Again some pictures felt rather unnecessary, redundant in my opinion or just too close of not being sexy at all. Nakedness certainly doesn't equal sexy picture. But oh well, now I know what this book is about, and it certainly isn't about Madonna's writing skills.
October 6, 2008
Possibly the most poorly manufactured book ever. I worked in a bookstore when this came out and I can't tell you how many damaged copies came back.
As for the content? She sets out to be shocking just to be shocking and it's not artistic in the least.
The most offensive part of the book? Vanilla Ice.
As for the content? She sets out to be shocking just to be shocking and it's not artistic in the least.
The most offensive part of the book? Vanilla Ice.
February 13, 2008
Far too tame for all the hype. OMG, and her little ramblings will make you cringe, they're so bad. But there are some pics that show Madonna's weird sense of humor (like the basketball court shots with the two skinheads, and Vanilla Ice...WTF?). She's best when she's goofy.
February 22, 2013
Eh, not the greatest prose, some cringe-worthy moments, beautiful sexy delicious pictures, some poetic lines, my favorite of which was "the sky was the color of pussy."
Check it out if you can find it, don't freak out if you can't.
Check it out if you can find it, don't freak out if you can't.
August 27, 2008
I've actually scanned the whole book and have it on disk. I know.
March 7, 2010
Although the famous Madonna was very daring to produce an explicit book about sex, which expresses vivid fantasies regarding many taboos, the book has poor literary value. Too much publicity.
March 13, 2013
great pictures and plenty of baughty writings - I wanted this book back in the 90's and I finally have one in my collection - a must-have for Madonna fans who loved her "Erotic" phase
January 10, 2014
Page after page of the same tired note.
January 13, 2025
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ليه كتاب يكون سعره بالرقم ده؟
لان طبعا ف صور جنسية لمغنيه مشهورة وهي مادونا
عجبني الإخراج الفني للكتاب .. ف صفحات فيها خط أيديها كاتبه حاجات وشكل الكتابة بطريقة فنية فعلا مش هيقدر الموضوع ده إلا لو حد فنان أو شغال ف مجال تصميم الجرافيك زيي
المقدمة ف اول الكتاب عجبتني كمان هكتب جزء منها
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT SEX. SEX IS NOT LOVE. LOVE IS NOT SEX. BUT THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS lS CREATED WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER. YOU CAN LOVE GOD, YOU CAN LOVE THE PLANET, YOU CAN LOVE THE HUMAN RACE AND YOU CAN LOVE ALL THINGS.
AND BY THE WAY, ANY SIMILARITY BETWEEN CHARACTERS AND EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS BOOK AND REAL PERSONS AND EVENTS IS NOT ONLY PURELY COINCIDENTAL. IT'S RIDICULOUS, NOTHING IN THIS BOOK IS TRUE. I MADE IT ALL UP.
ليه كتاب يكون سعره بالرقم ده؟
لان طبعا ف صور جنسية لمغنيه مشهورة وهي مادونا
عجبني الإخراج الفني للكتاب .. ف صفحات فيها خط أيديها كاتبه حاجات وشكل الكتابة بطريقة فنية فعلا مش هيقدر الموضوع ده إلا لو حد فنان أو شغال ف مجال تصميم الجرافيك زيي
المقدمة ف اول الكتاب عجبتني كمان هكتب جزء منها
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT SEX. SEX IS NOT LOVE. LOVE IS NOT SEX. BUT THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS lS CREATED WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER. YOU CAN LOVE GOD, YOU CAN LOVE THE PLANET, YOU CAN LOVE THE HUMAN RACE AND YOU CAN LOVE ALL THINGS.
AND BY THE WAY, ANY SIMILARITY BETWEEN CHARACTERS AND EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS BOOK AND REAL PERSONS AND EVENTS IS NOT ONLY PURELY COINCIDENTAL. IT'S RIDICULOUS, NOTHING IN THIS BOOK IS TRUE. I MADE IT ALL UP.
February 9, 2025
Estou um bocado hyperfixated na madonna recentemente, então CLARO que tive de finalmente ler SEX. Já conhecia o livro há muito mas só agora é que decidi ler. Realmente é muito sexy e muito erótico what can I say 🤷 Uma coisa que não falam é que também é bué engraçado em algumas partes 😭 Amo a Madonna e amo media que fala sobre sexo, claro que iria amar isto.
A madonna e a björk são realmente as minhas avôs. Amo-as.
A madonna e a björk são realmente as minhas avôs. Amo-as.
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