Showing results for "Venus" in Literary Fiction

The last thing Lord Nicholas Kincaid expected to see in the gloom of a London tavern was a vision of loveliness. And when she led him to a bedchamber with a come-hither smile, there was no question of resisting - until he realized the lying wench meant to render him senseless so the landlord could rob him blind!

Charlie Johns has been snatched from his home on Earth and delivered to the strange future world of Ledom. Technology has triumphed over hunger, overpopulation, pollution, and even time and space. But there is a change Charlie finds even more shocking: Gender is a thing of the past. Gone are the tensions between male and female. Gone is the human preoccupation with sex.

Extraordinary and diverse people inhabit this rich, ripe, occasionally raucous collection of short stories. Some are based on real people - Jeanne Duval, Baudelaire's handsome and reluctant muse who never asked to be called the Black Venus, trapped in the terminal ennui of the poet's passion, snatching at a little lifesaving respectability against all odds....

“Erkekler Mars'tan, Kadınlar Venüs'ten” zamana meydan okuyan ve her daim güncelliğini koruyan eşsiz bir klasiktir. Kitabın başarısının sırrı, erkeklerin ve kadınların düşünme, hissetme ve davranma farklılıklarını anlamalarına ve benimsemelerine yardımcı olan basit ama derin kılavuzluğunda yatmaktadır. Bu kitap sayesinde sayısız çift sadece ilişkilerini geliştirmekle kalmamış, aynı zamanda onları dağılma eşiğinden de kurtarmıştır.