{"product_id":"man-in-furs-by-catherine-sauvat-9781683964803","title":"Man In Furs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1870, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch published \u003cem\u003eVenus in Furs\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYears 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. \u003cem\u003eMan In Furs\u003c\/em\u003e is his story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47425331822828,"sku":"9781683964803","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683964803.jpg?v=1774768206","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/man-in-furs-by-catherine-sauvat-9781683964803","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}