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The Best Literary Sex Scenes Not Penned by a Great Male Novelist. Writing about sex in literature is a difficult task; there are so many ways authors can go wrong. Nowadays, most writers spend too much time on the build up and then release the curtain during the show, choosing instead to segue to a point immediately after the act. Others spend an inordinate amount of energy coming up with penis euphemisms, and end up ruining a scene (think: late John Updike), or even a whole novel. Evelyn Waugh’s son, Auberon, established the Bad Sex in Fiction Award 17 years ago for this very reason. He wanted to “gently dissuad[e] authors and publishers from including unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing, or redundant passages of a sexual nature in otherwise sound literary novels.”

To counter this terrible scourge on contemporary readers, here is a list of noteworthy sex scenes in modern literature not by a Great Male Novelist (e.g., Mailer, Roth, or Updike) — those supposed masters of the form. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 6. Prostitution. Welcome to Google Lit Trips! Литературные карты - Блог о книгах. Гениальная вещь — прослеженные с помощью Google Earth маршруты литературных персонажей — от Одиссея до отца с сыном из «Дороги» Маккарти. Вот как выглядит, например, «Дорога»: А это маршрут Одиссея: Пока, конечно, все это игрушки — но когда электронные книги изменятся и из просто файлов превратятся в отдельное искусство, все это наверняка будет вмонтировано в саму книгу; в самом деле, не упускать же такие возможности.

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