As O's submission deepens and becomes more extreme, the novel simultaneously deepens its thematic explorations of the relationship between surrender and freedom, the nature and demands of love, and the spiritual aspects of sexual desire. It is destined to become a classic collector's edition.This novel, sexually explicit without being crude, is indeed the story of O, a woman whose love for a man leads her to increasingly submissive behavior - allowing herself to be sexually used, violently beaten, and physically mutilated, which releases her independence of thought, and eventually causes her to abandon her individual identity. The Illustrated Story of O presents a rich visual feast that will delight fans of Doris Kloster's work, and appeal strongly to connoisseurs of the darker excesses of sexuality. In addition, there is a Preface from Doris Kloster herself and an Introduction from Jean-Jacques Pauvert, the original publisher of the novel. And each magnificent color photograph is accompanied by a short extract from the novel.
Shooting entirely in Paris and its environs, Doris Kloster has succeeded in matching characters, locations, costumes and props to the original descriptions. The Illustrated Story of O presents over 50 superb images which mirror perfectly the intense eroticism of the novel. She has created a photographic representation of one of the most famous and controversial erotic novels ever published. Now Doris Kloster, a photographer specializing in issues of women's sexuality and power, has realized a long-standing dream. Revelling in pure fantasy, its theme is total submission through love to excesses of sadism and masochism, and the bond of „ownership.” It describes in cool, elegant language the experiences of a young woman as she willingly enters a dark maze of perverse sexual practices within a clandestine amoral society.
When Story of O was first published in 1954 in Paris by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, it narrowly escaped censorship by the Department of the Interior and eventually became the most widely translated French novel in the world. And I expected to cause a shock.”-Jean-Jacques Pauvert, from the Introduction I perceived the promise of a new freedom.
The audacity of this novel seemed to me to be liberating rather than provocative. „…I was convinced that Story of O was going to revolutionize the book trade, that I would sell hundreds of thousands of copies across the world, and that moral attitudes would change overnight.
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