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Together these two novels comprise the most fascinating, obsessive, and erotic works of contemporary Frech fiction. Like the works of Georges Bataille, and those of the Marquis de Sade before him, Klossowski's fiction explores the connections between the mind and the body through a lens of sexuality. Both of these novels feature Octave, an elderly cleric; his striking young wife Roberte; and their nephew, Antoine in a series of sexual situations. But Klossowski's books are about theology as well, and this merging of the sexual with the religious makes this book one of the most painstakingly baroque and intellectual novels of our time.
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Pierre Klossowski was born in Paris in 1905, the elder brother of the recently deceased painter Balthus. During the 1930s, he was associated with Andre Gide, Andre Breton, and studied at the college de Sociologie directed by Georges Bataille. His other novels include THE BAPHOMET, NIETZCHE AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE, SADE MY NEIGHBOR, and DIANA AT HER BATH. Also a well-known painter, Klossowksi illustrated several of his books. Pierre Klossowski dies in August 2001 at his home in Paris.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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- PublisherMarion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0714507431
- ISBN 13 9780714507439
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages214
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