Sodom

Author: Yǐ Néngjìng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Following her previous work Life and Death Last Words, Taiwanese actress Yǐ Néngjìng has recently released her erotic novel Sodom City. Comprising five independent short stories set in different cities around the world, the book is accompanied by the author's own photographs, creating a vivid "paper film." Since Life and Death Last Words, Yǐ Néngjìng has devoted herself wholeheartedly to meticulously crafting Sodom City. In the cities she has traveled to, there are diverse hues, and the self-photographed images serve as a mirror for self-reflection. Looking through the lens is akin to how we are observed by the world, and in turn, we watch the world with intense gazes. Photography is a form of documentation, and so is writing. Novels that explore love and desire document the lives of men and women, their desires, attachments, and sorrows, as well as love, separation, and unattainable dreams. The book is also enriched with over 100 exquisite and wild photographs shot in France, resembling a continuous, beautiful and passionate paper film that showcases another Bohemian exile style—mysterious, individualistic, and unique Yǐ Néngjìng. She embodies both the imagination and talent of a real woman and the allure of a mature woman. The five love stories set in different cities follow a woman between two men, her love-driven navigation and inner confusion, always oscillating between silence and chaos, soul and body, the absolute extremes. This forms a beautiful yet decadent solo dance in a private anarcho-capitalist castle, presenting an ever-expanding and perpetually elusive realm of love.