Language: English
Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 0714503460 ISBN 13: 9780714503462
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Language: English
Published by City Lights Publishers, 2001
ISBN 10: 0872862097 ISBN 13: 9780872862098
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Language: English
Published by City Lights Publishers, 2001
ISBN 10: 0872862097 ISBN 13: 9780872862098
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Language: English
Published by City Lights Publishers, 1987
ISBN 10: 0872862097 ISBN 13: 9780872862098
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Language: English
Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 071452848X ISBN 13: 9780714528489
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Language: English
Published by City Lights Publishers, 1987
ISBN 10: 0872862097 ISBN 13: 9780872862098
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Language: English
Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 071452848X ISBN 13: 9780714528489
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Language: English
Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1986
ISBN 10: 0714528501 ISBN 13: 9780714528502
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Language: English
Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 071452848X ISBN 13: 9780714528489
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Language: English
Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 0816612838 ISBN 13: 9780816612833
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Language: English
Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 071452848X ISBN 13: 9780714528489
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Language: English
Published by City Lights Publishers, 1987
ISBN 10: 0872862097 ISBN 13: 9780872862098
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Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0141185384 ISBN 13: 9780141185385
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bataille's first novel, published under the pseudonym 'Lord Auch', is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacreligious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille's obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power, and is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, GB, 2001
ISBN 10: 0141185384 ISBN 13: 9780141185385
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Paperback. Condition: New. A masterpiece of transgressive, surrealist erotica, George Bataille's Story of the Eye was the Fifty Shades of Grey of its era. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by Joachim Neugroschal, and published with essays by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes.Bataille's first novel, published under the pseudonym 'Lord Auch', is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacrilegious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille's obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power, and is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century.This edition also includes Susan Sontag's superb study of pornography as art, 'The Pornographic Imagination', as well as Roland Barthes' essay 'The Metaphor of the Eye'.Georges Bataille (1897-1962), French essayist and novelist, was born in Billom, France. He converted to Catholicism, then later to Marxism, and was interested in psychoanalysis and mysticism, forming a secret society dedicated to glorifying human sacrifice. Leading a simple life as the curator of a municipal library, Bataille was involved on the fringes of Surrealism, founding the Surrealist magazine Documents in 1929, and editing the literary review Critique from 1946 until his death. Among his other works are the novels Blue of Noon (1957) and My Mother (1966), and the essays Eroticism (1957) and Literature and Evil (1957).If you enjoyed Story of the Eye, you might like Anaïs Nin's Delta of Venus, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'His black masterpiece . [a] brilliant, exquisitely fetishistic tale of sexual agitaion'New Statesman.
Language: English
Published by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, St. Paul, 2001
ISBN 10: 0714503460 ISBN 13: 9780714503462
Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Translated by AlastairHamilton. Underlining and annotations in pen in the William Blake chapter only. light edge wear.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 0141195541 ISBN 13: 9780141195544
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A haunting, compelling tale set against the backdrop of a fascist Europe.Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, Blue of Noon is a blackly compelling account of depravity and violence. As its narrator lurches despairingly from city to city in a surreal sexual and mental nightmare of squalor, sadism and drunken encounters, his internal collapse mirrors the fighting and marching on the streets outside. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, this is a novel torn between identifying with history's victims and being seduced by the monstrous glamour of its terrible victors, and is one of the twentieth century's great nihilist works. Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, this title provides an account of depravity and violence. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, it is torn between identifying with history's victims and being seduced by the monstrous glamour of its terrible victors. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, GB, 2012
ISBN 10: 0141195541 ISBN 13: 9780141195544
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Paperback. Condition: New. Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, Blue of Noon is a blackly compelling account of depravity and violence. As its narrator lurches despairingly from city to city in a surreal sexual and mental nightmare of squalor, sadism and drunken encounters, his internal collapse mirrors the fighting and marching on the streets outside. Exploring the dark forces beneath the surface of civilization, this is a novel torn between identifying with history's victims and being seduced by the monstrous glamour of its terrible victors, and is one of the twentieth century's great nihilist works.
Language: English
Published by City Lights Publishers, 2001
ISBN 10: 0872862623 ISBN 13: 9780872862623
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. soft cover in fine condition.
Language: English
Published by City Lights Publishers, 2001
ISBN 10: 0872862097 ISBN 13: 9780872862098
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Paperback. Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, GB, 2001
ISBN 10: 0141185384 ISBN 13: 9780141185385
Seller: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. A masterpiece of transgressive, surrealist erotica, George Bataille's Story of the Eye was the Fifty Shades of Grey of its era. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by Joachim Neugroschal, and published with essays by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes.Bataille's first novel, published under the pseudonym 'Lord Auch', is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacrilegious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille's obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power, and is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century.This edition also includes Susan Sontag's superb study of pornography as art, 'The Pornographic Imagination', as well as Roland Barthes' essay 'The Metaphor of the Eye'.Georges Bataille (1897-1962), French essayist and novelist, was born in Billom, France. He converted to Catholicism, then later to Marxism, and was interested in psychoanalysis and mysticism, forming a secret society dedicated to glorifying human sacrifice. Leading a simple life as the curator of a municipal library, Bataille was involved on the fringes of Surrealism, founding the Surrealist magazine Documents in 1929, and editing the literary review Critique from 1946 until his death. Among his other works are the novels Blue of Noon (1957) and My Mother (1966), and the essays Eroticism (1957) and Literature and Evil (1957).If you enjoyed Story of the Eye, you might like Anaïs Nin's Delta of Venus, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'His black masterpiece . [a] brilliant, exquisitely fetishistic tale of sexual agitaion'New Statesman.