The Masochist Julie O'Callaghan Rohlehr’s writing is distinguished by

Rohlehr’s writing is distinguished by an infectious humour and a delight in puns

From how she strolled He knew she'd like to go with him to Florence

memory to place

Kathy Hoyle

The Masochist Julie O'Callaghan Rohlehr’s writing is distinguished byWhy would people trouble themselves with the facts, when fiction is so much more enticing? Designed as a historical novel, The Masochist forges an intimate portrait of a young, tenacious woman who, in uncertain times at the end of the 19th century, chose an uncertain path the only path that could lead her to freedom. On Christmas Eve 1874, Leopold von Sacher Masoch, whom history would remember as the most famous masochist, left his home in Bruck an