Body [in] Parts: Bodies and Identity in Sade and Guibert

Partly in order to introduce English readers to Herv矇 Guibert, Orban (DePaul U., Chicago) examines how the late-20th-century French novelist drew both general ideas about human bodies and specific images of them from his predecessor the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814). Her topics include sexual performance, hiding and seeking to pass the time, and ghostly remains. Quotations are in English. Distributed in the US by Associated University Presses. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)