APHRODISIAC READINGS

Long before the phenomenon of Fifty Shades of Grey, even before they invented printing, the erotic literature genre existed, a very particular form of telling stories that led to many of their readers ending up holding the book with just one hand.

The oldest erotic text that is known is a poem dedicated to the Sumerian King Shu Sin*, who governed between 2037 and 2029 B.C. The great difference is that now, at least in our country, these stories, where the protagonists are eroticism, sensuality and pleasure, are no longer censored, hidden or read in secrecy. What is more, this genre, whether in the format of a poem, short story, novel, comic or manual, has not stopped attracting followers and producing    tremendous orgasms.

Whatever your sexual preference, there exists a book (or several) for you. Here is our selection of seven classics to give you a choice and, whether alone or accompanied, you may enjoy, learn and dare to surrender to the pleasure of the literature in all your senses. Remember, they may be classics but all the books that are cited below contain high-voltage scenes, even for readers of today.

*www.cooperativa.cl/san-valentin/lee-el-poema-de-amor-mas-antiguo-del-mundo

www.casadellibro.com/libro-kamasutra

It is still popularly believed that the Kamasutra is a manual of sexual positions. However, this ancient Hindu text, written in Sanskrit around the 3^rd century, is a treatise on sex that invites discovering the most refined secrets of the amatory arts and includes the preparation of concoctions and potions to stimulate desire. A curious fact? Sir Richard Burton, an adventurer, explorer, writer, anthropologist, scientist and spy, was the first in translating the Kamasutra and to put in vogue in 19th century Europe new attitudes with respect to sex, including the idea that women enjoy it as much as men and the need to claim her sexual emancipation.

www.amazon.es/Delta-Venus-13-Anaïs-Nin

Written as an assignment, and set in Paris at the beginning of 1940, this collection of stories range from comedy to thriller but always charged with eroticism. Brilliantly narrated, Nin offers a liberated, bold look at feminine desire and the art of seduction where the protagonists dare to give themselves over to pure physical pleasure without going hand in hand with a romantic relationship. The best intellectual lubricant for a playful afternoon.

www.casadellibro.com/libro-el-decameron

Written in 1353, The Decameron is not only considered the erotic novel of the Middle Ages, but also the first work in prose and one that set the bases for the modern novel. But in addition, it is one of the most liberating works in history for women and sexuality. In reality, The Decameron is a series of stories of high erotic content, told by ten youths, three men and seven women, who try to cope with boredom during voluntary isolation due to the bubonic plague. Today, in the midst of a world pandemic, perhaps we should follow the sensual suggestion of Aurora Luque, a Spanish poet: While there is a quarantine, let’s make it friendly, voluptuous and decameronic.”

www.casadellibro.com/libro-historia-de-o

Written in 1954, this classic of erotic literature is considered the novel that originated the BDSM culture. It tell the initiative story of O, a young woman who, at the urging of her boyfriend, submits to shocking tests of submission and obedience, while she explores, voluntarily, her limits. It will make you change positions continually in your favourite armchair. Why don’t you read some passages that excite you? Accompanied and aloud, to see what happens…

www.iberlibro.com/buscar-libro/titulo/teleny-o-el-reverso-de-la-medalla

Published in 1893 without naming the author, Teleny ended up being the most prohibited work of Oscar Wilde. Silenced and considered pornographic and immoral for years, the authorship of the work was not made public until 1958. Teleny is a homo-erotic novel without complexes that relates, with profound delicacy, the torrid romance between a Hungarian pianist and the young Camille de Grieux.

www.amazon.es/120-dias-sodoma-Marques-Sade-Libros

If you dare to read explicit stories on human perversion where anything is possible, this classic, published in 1904, will surely turn you on. Considered difficult to digest, even nowadays, this pinnacle work of the Marquis de Sade was written from prison and narrates the story of four unrestrained revellers that met to practice all types of sexual perversions, violence included, with a group of accomplices and victims. Erotic shocks guaranteed.

If you liked Secretary, nominated for the Golden Globes of 2002 and considered model for sadomasochist films until Fifty Shades of Grey arrived, don’t miss reading the origin of that story in the collection of new stories, published in 1988, that explores relations of love, desire, ambivalence and power. Note: Although it is temporarily discontinued in Spanish, why not go in its search during your next sensual walk through small neighbourhood libraries? In English, you can order it here. That way you can practice the universal language while learning a second one.

www.amazon.es/Bad-Behavior-Stories-Mary-Gaitskill

We know that reading relaxes, stimulates the imagination and reduces blood pressure and stress, and also that sex strengthens the immunological system, burns calories, and helps you to sleep better. For this reason it is not surprising that erotic literature has more than healthy benefits, including increased libido and sexual appetite. In reality, this type of reading works like an aphrodisiac whose objective is to provoke and excite the reader. But it also helps to discover our sexual identity, to explore our fantasies and to dare to experiment.

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