''Addictive Aversions'', by Alfredo de Palchi, is a book of erotic and anti-erotic poems written originally in

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under the title ''Le Viziose Avversioni''.

Summary

The book is a follow-up to ''

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'', about the destructive forces of nature. ''Addictive Aversions'' focuses instead on the life-force of sex -- just as blind, asocial and irresistible as nature.

Editions

* ''Addictive Aversions'', translated from Italian by

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and others.

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, (1999). (paper), 138 p.

References

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