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Story of the Eye: By Lord Auch (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)

by Georges Bataille (Author), Susan Sontag (Introduction), Roland Barthes (Introduction), Joachim Neugroschal (Translator) "I grew up very much alone, and as far back as I recall I was frightened of anything sexual ..." (more)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 April 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141185384
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141185385
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 34,440 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Synopsis
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.

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