The Indiscreet Jewels
A Cultural, European Literature, Humor book. J'aime bien.
The Indiscreet Jewels (also translated as The Talking Pussy) is perhaps the most daring of Diderot's 'philosophical' novels—a fearlessly libertine fable on the order of such ribald classics as "Boccaccio" and "Rabelais." Published in 1748, this fiction is a take-off on the erotic-oriental tales popular at the time. Set in a sultan's court in the Congo, the novel begins with Mangogul (the Sultan) suffering from acute boredom, only to be rescued by a genie offering the potentate a magic ring that, when pointed at women, causes their genitals, or 'jewels,' to speak. The resulting story, delightful in its wit and satire, was so openly irreverent and critical of the French Court at Versailles—with the Sultan as Louis XV and his favorite as Mme de Pompadour—that it caused Diderot some egregious...
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- Pages: 285 pages
- ISBN: 9780941419833 / 941419835
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Nonostante sia considerato un capolavoro, io ho trovato la narrazione piuttosto noiosa e per qualche aspetto confusionaria.Un libro che non legger mai pi. Lambientazione nella corte del Sultano del Congo in realt un espediente utilizzato da Diderot per evidenziare i vizi della corte francese a lui contemporanea. Mangogul Luigi XV e Mirzosa la sua favorita, Madame Pompadour. I gioielli delle donne confessano tutto ci che le loro padrone hanno compiuto, senza pudore o vergogna, rovinando... J'aime bien.
