Man in Furs

By Catherine Sauvat

Book Overview

In 1870, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch published Venus in Furs, an erotic novel revealing the author's desire to be dominated by a woman. (And paid homage in the classic Velvet Underground song of the same name.) After the novel's success, a woman turns up at his doorstep and offers to take on the role in Sacher-Masoch's real life. He completely submits to her, and they get married. Years later, Leopold has remarried and lives a quiet life, far removed from the sexual escapades of his first marriage. Then he learns that his surname, to his detriment, has come to describe a new sexual perversion: masochism. Man In Furs is his story.
This compelling graphic biography is a collaboration between the biographer Catherine Sauvat and the celebrated cartoonist Anne Simon. Simon's gentle cartooning perfectly complements Sauvat's empathetic script.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683964802
• ISBN13: 9781683964803
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 16 years and up