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One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed - Melissa B.


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One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed - Melissa B.

 
Description: ISBN 185242866X / Author: Melissa B. / Genre: Fiction / One very hot Italian summer, a schoolgirl sits alone in her bedroom, staring at ... more
One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed - Melissa B. ... posters of Marlene Dietrich and listening to classical music. She strips before her mirror, examining her adolescent body pleasurably yet without desire. She writes: 'I want love, diary. I want to feel my heart melt, to see the stalactites of my ice shatter and sink in the river of passion, of beauty.' The narrator searches for love but the men she meets only want sex. With the pain of unrequited love comes the excitement caused by her discovery of the sexual power she has over men (and other women). This diary of a teenage girl's sex life is a work of deceptive innocence. Influenced by Nabokov and Anais Nin, it is both erotic and literary. When the book was first published, it was assumed that this could not be the work of a teenager. In fact it is the first novel of a young writer of great literary talent.

Newest Review: ... the habit of progressively loveless, demeaning sex, sounds both anti-men and eager to be with as many as possible, while ... more

 ... destroying her intimate soul that she professes is still there for the right person to interact with and make her fall in love. In fact there are slight subtleties in the book as it shies away from such a linear, base and pessimistic conclusion; and while the title suggests a bit of S&M by the end it actually refers to something completely different. That’s not to say the book is really original in any way. There are countless novels that portray similar stories, and those who don’t know of the Story of O or the E...more

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One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed
Pages: 192, Paperback, Serpent's Tail
Last Update 28.11.2009 05:47
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theediscerning
Premium Review One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed - Melissa B.: Lust for love (977 words)
by - written on 28/10/07 (Very useful, 82 readings)
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Melissa likes to study herself in the mirror, and touch herself in the Secret, as she calls it. If you can’t work out what she means, then stop reading this here. She has it in mind that losing her virginity will be a great, memorable occasion that will last eternally, defining her forever. She is ignorant that when she first has intercourse – not of the regular sexual kind, of course, as so usually is the case – it will be very different. But then she is only fourteen. The beginning of her sexual life with others does soon begin – an older teen, handsome, if ugly-spirited, and not exactly successful in making sure both enjoy what ...  Read the complete review

sirg0508
Premium Review Erotic fantasy or teen crush? (938 words)
by - written on 12/07/06 (Very useful, 318 readings)
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‘One Hundred Strokes of the Brush before Bed’ is the translation from Sicilian born Melissa P. (not B) focusing on the struggles of teenage life. This is fiction but the character shares the same name. This young woman is desperate to become an adult and feeling that the only path to love is through sexual experiment. Her diary begins at the age of 14 as she has her first experience after being admired only by herself. It progresses through two years of her life as she is continually treated as an object in search of that fairytale ending. This is a piece of erotic fiction that will no doubt live up to the claim of scandal and shock for some… but not all. The ...  Read the complete review

 

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