{"product_id":"story-of-the-eye-by-geores-bataille","title":"Story of the Eye by Geores Bataille","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece of transgressive, surrealist erotica, George Bataille's \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStory of the Eye \u003c\/span\u003ewas the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e of its era. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by Joachim Neugroschal, and published with essays by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBataille'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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Bataille's works … indicated the aesthetic possibilities of pornography as an art form: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e being the most accomplished artistically of all pornographic prose I've read.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/span\u003e, \"Notes on 'Camp'\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJean Paul Sartre\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNausea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I found myself being absorbed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e … 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.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMichael Kito\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKnowledge Lost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Modern Classics\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e978-0141185385\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45350170427600,"sku":null,"price":925.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/files\/8126clX9ziL._SL1500.jpg?v=1794469991","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/story-of-the-eye-by-geores-bataille","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}