I will be posting here the whole text of Régine Desforges' s interview of Pauline Réage, author of Histoire d'O (© 1975, 1995 Éditions Jean-Jacques Pauvert). Régine Deforges interviews Pauline Réage in 1975, twenty one years after "Histoire d’O" was published (1954). Régine is then forty, and in 1968 founded her own publishing house, “L’Or du … Continue reading Régine Desforges and Pauline Réage: O m’a dit
Story of O
#WritersWednesday: O m’a dit/5
O m'a dit/4 RD - Why is it, in your view, that there is no other woman writing erotic books? PR - There was none, I believe, twenty years ago, there are many now: Violette Leduc, Jeannine Aeply, Emmanuelle Arsan, Xavière - one out of two sign with her own name, the others with pseudonyms. … Continue reading #WritersWednesday: O m’a dit/5
#WritersWednesday ~ O m’a dit/Avant-Propos
O m’a dit ~ Avant Propos This translation of "O m'a dit" is my own. I acknowledge all copyrights: editions Jean-Jacques Pauvert (1975 and 1995), Régine Deforges, Gallimard, estate of Ms Aury. An American-English translation of "O m'a dit" was published in the 80's by Viking Press. Régine Deforges interviews Pauline Réage in 1975, twenty … Continue reading #WritersWednesday ~ O m’a dit/Avant-Propos
Of Glass & Paper 