Struggling Between Sex and Love (Salome's Memoirs)

Author: Salome
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The cherished jewel of Russian émigré aristocracy, a rebellious doubt of God. A talented writer, an unconventional feminist, an unchaste hawthorn. Loved by Nietzsche, appreciated by Freud, lived and traveled with Rilke. Nietzsche once famously said, "Return to the woman, but don’t forget to take your whip with you." Nietzsche's hatred complex toward women originated from both the author and the protagonist of this book—Salome. "Blind my eyes, and I will still see you; plug my ears, and I will still hear you," Rilke's moving love poem was written for Salome. A meticulous reader can discover from one of the images in this book that Freud's bookshelf actually displayed a photograph of Salome.