This book is beautiful in many ways, but is disappointing at times. This first volume contains 15 full-page watercolors by Milo Manara, an artist better known for his adult comics.

This book is beautiful in many ways, but is disappointing at times. The combination of Louys' text and Manara's art is a sure winner. Originally published in France with the original French text, this English version chooses an anonymous, but wonderful, translation from the 1920's. Following a long tradition of publishing this work with sensuous illustrations, the publisher has come up with a new approach. Those expecting Manara to have converted Louys' sensual story into a graphic novel may be surprised that this is not the case.

Published in 1896, Aphrodite made Pierre Louys famous and was by far his greatest success, surpassing that of. .

Published in 1896, Aphrodite made Pierre Louys famous and was by far his greatest success, surpassing that of his other well-know works such as The Songs of Bilitis. Conceived as a novel of the antiquity focusing on women and on light, Aphrodite lends itself naturally to illustration. Book One, illustrated by Milo Manara - The story takes place in Alexandria in the 1st Century BC where Demetrios, a renowned artist falls in love with a courtesan, Chrysis. She asks him to prove his love to her by committing three crimes and Demetrios agrees

Book One, illustrated by Milo Manara - The story takes place in Alexandria in the 1st Century BC where Demetrios, a renowned artist falls in love with a courtesan, Chrysis. She asks him to prove his love to her by committing three crimes and Demetrios agrees. In this volume, Manara lets his imagination run wild as he illustrates a part of this novel.

One of literature's erotic masterpiecesVol. Unlike Manara's illustrations for Book One most of these do not illustrate particular scenes in the book, but rather illustrate the time period and the costume of ancient Alexandria. The Bess illustrations compliment the text and make this volume of the series a success. This promised to be a beautiful set with Claire Wendling slated to illustrate volume 3. It is wonderful to see Louys' work getting this lavish treatment. The text is still vibrant enough to take on the sensual artwork of these modern artists.

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Aphrodite: B. (Hardback). Pierre Louys (author), Milo Manara (illustrator). Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of Waterstones’ special offers. Hardback 56 Pages, Published: 01/12/1999.

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In 1999 Bess joined Milo Manara and Claire Wendling to illustrate the second tome of Pierre Louÿs' erotic Aphrodite issued in three volumes. With his wife Layla Bess he created two albums titled Leela et Krishna in 2000 for publishing house Carabas, portraying ancient India. In 2005, he started the series Pema Ling at publisher Dupuis, revisiting themes of Tibet, most recently the fifth volume Katouk le Tulpa in 2009. Les Humanoïdes Associés. Aphrodite, Livre second.

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Find nearly any book by Georges Bess. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Flesh and filth: Bess & Jodorowsky ; (Son of the gun). ISBN 9781930652538 (978-1-930652-53-8) Hardcover, Humanoids Publishing, 2001. Find signed collectible books: 'Flesh and filth: Bess & Jodorowsky ; (Son of the gun)'.