Description
Obscena. Thirteen porno-crime stories
Book summary
This anthology challenges the boundaries of the genre by merging explicit sex with high-level crime literature. Thirteen authors, including Carlos Salem, Carlos Zanón, and Marta Robles, explore the most unspeakable human passions from a transgressive literary perspective. Far from conventional pornography, these stories propose a new and revulsive narrative affiliation where eroticism and crime intertwine to offer an intense and disturbing reading experience.
What is it about?
The book starts from a provocative premise: what happens when you combine explicit sex with quality crime literature? The answer is thirteen stories that approach the relationship between desire, violence, and transgression from different angles. Each author offers a unique stance, exploring the deepest and darkest aspects of human passion. The narratives move through settings ranging from urban to psychological, always with a perspective that breaks with the conventional parameters of both the erotic and detective genres.
Main themes
- Fusion of explicit eroticism and crime narrative
- Exploration of the most unspeakable human passions
- Transgression of the boundaries between pornography and literature
- Violence and desire as narrative drivers
- High-ranking literary perspective applied to explicit sex
Who is it recommended for?
For adult readers interested in crime and mystery literature who are looking for daring proposals that are far from conventional. Also for those who wish to explore erotic narrative from an ambitious literary perspective, without falling into the clichés of the genre. Recommended for followers of contemporary noir who appreciate formal and thematic transgression.
What this book offers
- A unique anthology that vindicates the literary quality of explicit sex in crime fiction
- Thirteen distinct narrative approaches by renowned authors of the Spanish noir genre
- A revulsive reading experience that challenges the conventions of eroticism and crime
- The opportunity to discover new voices within contemporary crime literature
Technical specifications
- Author: Various Authors
- Publisher: Editorial Alrevés
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: Anthologies (non-poetry), Modern and contemporary fiction, Detective and mystery genre, Erotic fiction, Short stories
- Collection: Noir Novel
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: June 2016
- Number of pages: 224
- Weight: 255 g
Editorial review
Obscena is a brave editorial gamble that achieves its goal: demonstrating that explicit sex can have a place in quality literature without losing its impact. The selection of authors, all with established careers in the crime genre, guarantees a variety of styles and approaches that maintain interest throughout the thirteen stories. It is a work aimed at an adult reader looking for proposals that are uncomfortable and surprising, far from the predictable. Its main value lies in the consistency with which it addresses a risky premise, offering a solid and provocative literary product.