The Sex Life of Salvador Dali: The Memoirs of Carlos Lozano - Softcover

Thurlow, Clifford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904612091 ISBN 13: 9781904612094

Publisher: Tethered Camel Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Salvador Dali was a voyeur who couldn't bear to be touched; a man who revealed his sexuality in his work and shared his obsessions with very few people.

One of those was the young gay dancer Carlos Lozano, who met Dali in Paris at the age of 20 and remained his confidante until Dali's death 25 years later.

No one knew Dali better than Lozano and in 'The Sex Life of Salvador Dalì' the painter's perversions and contradictions are laid bare in a richly woven biography of two extraordinary men – the barefoot boy from the slum barrios of Colombia and the Catalan painter considered a modern master.

'The Sex Life of Salvador Dali' was first published as 'Sex, Surrealism, Dali and Me' in 2000, six weeks before the death of Carlos Lozano at the age of 52. In Spain, 'Sexo, Surrealismo, Dali y Yo' spent nine weeks on the best-seller lists and was republished in paperback in 2001.

"Hilarious and unforgettable scenes are described in this sensuous tale...far more than a simple biography, these memoirs read like a major novel..." El País.

"Unique and at times extraordinary...this book is more than just a curiosity, it is something very special indeed..." Luis Antonio de Villena, El Mundo.

The updated 'The Sex Life of Salvador Dali' contains a new first and last chapter bringing the story up-to-date.

Clifford Thurlow was the consultant for the documentary Dali – A Biography for ITN Factual & Visual Voodoo Films to be screened in December 2004 as part of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Salvador Dali.

The Sex Life of Salvador Dali is authoritative, entertaining and passionate, a major work deserving of a wide audience.

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Review:

...an extraordinary account, faithfully transcribed by Clifford Thurlow, of one boy's encounter with Salvador Dali. John Walsh -- The Independent, July 2000

...in truth unique and at times extraordinary...this book is more than just a curiosity, it is something very special indeed. -- Luis Antonio de Vilena, El Mundo

Sex in all its permutations dominates the book -- Susanna Herbert, The Daily Telegraph

Sex, in all its permutations, dominates this book... Susannah Herbert -- The Daily Telegraph, June 2000

This is sexy, surreal and totally compulsive. Petter Hegre, hegre-archives.com -- Hegre-Archives, September 2004

From the Publisher:

The book contains four photographs of Salvador Dali never before seen in the public domain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tethered Camel Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1904612091
• ISBN 13: 9781904612094
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210