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  • Published: 15 November 2009
  • ISBN: 9781590173268
  • Imprint: NY Review Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $29.99
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No Tomorrow



A Bilingual New York Review Books Original
Vivant Denon's No Tomorrow is one of the masterpieces of eighteenth-century French libertine literature, a book to set beside Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses, except that where Laclos' icy novel tells of hellish depravity, Denon's ravishing novella is a paradisal diversion. This tale of seduction is itself a seduction, with a plot that could be said to slowly unveil itself before arriving at last at an unexpected consummation.

Summoned by Madame de T—— to her country house, the young hero of Denon's novella is taken on a tour of the grounds, only the beginning of a night that not only will be full of unanticipated delights but will give rise to unforeseen, perhaps unanswerable, questions. Lydia Davis's definitive translation of Denon's slim masterpiece is accompanied by the French text. Peter Brooks's illuminating introduction explores the mysteries of No Tomorrow's original publication and the subtleties of Denon's ethics of pleasure.

  • Published: 15 November 2009
  • ISBN: 9781590173268
  • Imprint: NY Review Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

Praise for No Tomorrow

  • "Denon's tale portrays the Epicurean aspects of slowness" -The Boston Globe
  • "One of the loveliest pieces of French prose." -Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel
  • "I would start with the French author, Vivant Denon, No Tomorrow. It's 18th century, short and very subtle." -- Gaëtan Brulotte, co-editor of Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature, in Playboy magazine, on recommending books to someone who would like an introduction to the genre