The Second Gates of Paradise

The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction
This eagerly-awaited sequel to the bestselling erotic anthology presents a new selection of internationally distinguish authors, including Dorothy Allison, Angela Carter, Neil Jordan, Michel Tournier and David Wojnarowicz.

First Edition

Toronto, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1994
Softcover, xxvi; 692 p.

Selection, introduction, story introductions, author notes by Alberto Manguel
J. Cortázar, L. Ortiz and A. Pizarnik

translated by Alberto Manguel

9780921912774

  • Introduction  
  • DOROTHY ALLISON Monkeybites
  • J. G. BALLARD Love in a Colder Climate
  • FREDERICK BARTHELME Cut GIass
  • SAUL BELLOW Something to Remember Me By
  • BONNIE BURNARD Nipple Man
  • ANGELA CARTER Black Venus
  • JOHN CHEEVER The World of Apples
  • COLETTE: One Evening
  • JULIO CORTÁZAR: First Chapter
  • ANDRE DUBUS: The Lover
  • MARY GAITSKILL: A Romantic Weekend
  • HELEN GARNER: Civilization and Its Discontents
  • ALLAN GURGANUS: Adult Art
  • STEVEN HEIGHTON: To Everything a Season
  • AMELLA HOUSE: Conspiracy
  • ISABEL HUGGAN: Sawdust
  • NEIL JORDAN: Seduction
  • YEHUDIT KATZIR: Schlaffstunde
  • KONO TAEKO: Ants Swarm
  • ROBIN METCALFE: The Shirt
  • LOURDES ORTIZ: Alice
  • ALEJANDRA PIZARNIK: The Bloody Countess
  • JAMES PURDY: Lily’s Party
  • DIANE SCHOEMPERLEN: Love in the Time of Clichés
  • MARILYN SIDES: The Island of the Mapmaker’s Wife
  • MICHEL TOURNIER: The Red Dwarf
  • DUBRAVKA UGRESIC: A Hot Dog in a Warm Bun
  • JOHN UPDIKE: Wife-wooing
  • ALICE WALKER: Porn
  • DENTON WELCH: Alex Fairburn
  • JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN: The Statue of Liberty
  • TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: Desire and the Black Masseur
  • DAVID WOJNAROWICZ: Losing the Form In Darkness
  • ZHANG XIGUO: The Conquerors
  • Notes on the Contributors

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