Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems

by John Miller (Editor), Kirsten Miller (Editor)

All the yearning, the passion, and the wantonness of lust are explored in this broad-ranging anthology of sensual stories, poems, and fables on a perennially hot topic. From Italo Calvino's humorous observations in The Loves of the Tortoises and Simone de Beauvoir's bittersweet reflections in The Prime of Life to the dark desires of The Vampire Lestat and the taboo obsession of Lolita, Lust offers an uncensored collection by some of the world's most respected writers, both classic and contemporary. With an elegant, two-color design as alluring as its contents are captivating, Lust makes a thoroughly pleasurable gift for a lover, or a perfect literary bedside companion.

Genres: Erotica, Short Stories

129 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1994

About the author

John Miller has edited a number of intriguing anthologies for Chronicle Books, including Lust and White Rabbit. He runs Big Fish Books, a packaging company in San Francisco.

Reviews

[Led · Rating 2 out of 5]

I failed to feel how impassioned its pieces are. Some were lost on me, others middling.