Il "Bad sex award", il premio per la peggior scena di sesso in un libro, è uno dei premi più simpatici in campo letterario perché cerca di spingere gli scrittori a non essere banali e ridicoli quando descrivono questo tipo di scene.
Il vincitore del 2014 è Ben Okri con la scena descritta in "The Age of magic".
Ecco il brano incriminato e la sua traduzione con qualche commento:
"When his hand brushed her nipple it tripped a switch and she came alight. He touched her belly and his hand seemed to burn through her. He lavished on her body indirect touches and bitter-sweet sensations flooded her brain.
She became aware of places in her that could only have been concealed there by a god with a sense of humour. Adrift on warm currents, no longer of this world, she became aware of him gliding into her. He loved her with gentleness and strength, stroking her neck, praising her face with his hands, till she was broken up and began a low rhythmic wail. She was a little overwhelmed with being the adored focus of such power, as he rose and fell. She felt certain now that there was a heaven and that it was here, in her body. The universe was in her and with each movement it unfolded to her."
