The unique potency of the senses in all its forms -- in triggering memory; in heightening love, in creating reality and fantasy, in igniting ecstasy -- has been explored by the most daring and skilled writers. Now, Sensuality collects their acute and passionate prose (and poetry) about the sensual world.

From M. F. K. Fisher, who taught us how to taste, to Georgia O'Keeffe, who delighted as much in what is seen as in what is unseen, to the magic Glenn Gould perceives in one perfect note, to Denise Levertov's pleasure in the breath of a child, Sensuality carries us into a robust sensory realm. Including work by Diane Ackerman, Jane Goodall, Vikram Seth, Jorge Luis Borges, e. e. cummings, Bruce Chatwin, and others, Sensuality excavates the intoxicating nature of the senses and exults in the extraordinary beauty of humam perception. It is a book to be given and savored.