Well, they are both quite disturbing, on reflection. The Bloody Chamber is quite cool, if you are interested in feminist subversions of fairy tales. In its defense, I remember one or two as genuinely charming.
As Meat Loves Salt is kind of like a Derek Jarman movie ... It's about this man who is basically a horrible person (a violent criminal), and he falls in love with another man during the English Civil War, which leads him to try to overcome his true nature (um, although I don't think he sees it that way) and so they get sort of start a commune. I'm sure you can guess for yourself about how well things work out. I found it emotionally devastating and incredibly erotic, and it pushed all my 17th century buttons.
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As Meat Loves Salt is kind of like a Derek Jarman movie ... It's about this man who is basically a horrible person (a violent criminal), and he falls in love with another man during the English Civil War, which leads him to try to overcome his true nature (um, although I don't think he sees it that way) and so they get sort of start a commune. I'm sure you can guess for yourself about how well things work out. I found it emotionally devastating and incredibly erotic, and it pushed all my 17th century buttons.