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Story of the Eye

Name: Story of the Eye
Brand: City Lights Books
SKU: 9780872862098
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Contributors:

Georges Bataille, Dovid Bergelson (Translator)

Publisher:

City Lights Books

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Fiction

Book Subcategory:

Erotica, Literary, World Literature

Book Topic:

France

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Release Date:

1987-01-01

ISBN 13:

9780872862098

Weight:

0.33 lbs

Size:

8.04 x 5.51 x 0.45 inches

Pages:

103

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Bataille's first novel: a legendary shocker that uncovers the dark side of the erotic by means of forbidden obsessive fantasies of excess and sexual extremes.

A classic of pornographic literature, Story of the Eye finds the parallels in Sade and Nietzsche and in the investigations of contemporary psychology; it also forecasts Bataille's own theories of ecstasy, death and transgression which he developed in later work.

"Bataille's works ... indicated the aesthetic possibilities of pornography as an art form: Story of the Eye being the most accomplished artistically of all pornographic prose I've read."--Susan Sontag, "Notes on 'Camp'"

"Bataille denudes himself, exposes himself, his exhibitionism aims at destroying all literature. He has a holocaust of words. Bataille speaks about man's condition, not his nature. His tone recalls the scornful aggressiveness of the surrealist. Bataille has survived the death of God. In him, reality is conflict."--Jean Paul Sartre, Nausea

"I found myself being absorbed in Story of the Eye ... the symbolism really intrigued me. ... I am fascinated by the surreal erotic style of Bataille; I think he is an author I need to explore in greater details."--Michael Kito, Knowledge Lost

About the Author

Georges Bataille was born in Billom, France, in 1897. He was a librarian by profession. Also a philosopher, novelist, and critic he was founder of the College of Sociology. Bataille died in 1962.

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