Query: what are Austrian erotic novels
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Venus in Furs
Josephine Mutzenbacher
Grado. Süße Nacht
Evidence from documents: Venus in Furs: Austrian: '''''Venus in Furs''''' () is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works.
erotic novels: The novel draws themes, like female dominance and sadomasochism, and character inspiration heavily from Sacher-Masoch's own life.
Josephine Mutzenbacher: Today, critics, scholars, academics and the Austrian Government designate Salten as the sole author of the "pornographic classic".
Grado. Süße Nacht: '''''Grado. Süße Nacht''''' (''Grado. Sweet Night'') is a short novel by Gustav Ernst first published in 2004. Set in Grado, Italy, on a summer's evening, the book is a long monologue spoken by a middle-aged Austrian man alone on holiday. Over dinner, he addresses a woman he has just met whose "offer" to have sex with him right after their three-course meal he refuses, detailing all the reasons why he thinks each of them will be better off if they do not succumb to carnal knowledge.