The black carnation is an erotic novel of high temperature. Because of that, we recommend our readers to read only one chapter a day despite knowing that they will not take any notice of it.
The main character – a book salesman- falls in love with an intelligent and liberal woman and both of them , together will go deeply into the forbidden corners of erotism: in twos, in threes, in fours… but they also have a common obsession: finding the black carnation; in that search they will know the red light houses ( brothels).
It has been written a lot about suffering but little about carnal delights. In this Elexpuru´s novel, it is spoken widely about the fantasies and carnal delights, calling things by their names and setting erotism in its natural atmosphere: love, coldness, delight, jealousy, freedom and security desire……. This is ; life.










