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Story of the Eye
Nov 1, 2024 12:31 AM

Author:Georges Bataille,Joachim Neugroschel

Story of the Eye

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.

Reviews

effortless, silky smooth prose, the well-crafted suspense and the hot sex, of course. But beyond that I felt I gained a real understanding of the appeal of BDSM encounters…

—— Donna George Storey

Bradley’s excellent prose and clear shifts in point of view create well-rounded stories that are sure to satisfy… This is a very enticing read

—— Romantic Times

This new book, as with the trilogy and the movie, puts women's sexual desires out into the open, which can only be a good thing.

—— Liz Jones , The Mail on Sunday

Read him for five pages, ten pages, and you feel the peculiar relief that comes not so much from understanding as from being understood. 'He knows all about me,' you feel; 'he wrote this especially for me'. It is as though you could hear a voice speaking to you, a friendly American voice, with no humbug in it, no moral purpose, merely an implicit assumption that we are all alike

—— George Orwell

The book that forever changed the way American literature would be written

—— Erica Jong

Lots of sex and gripping story lines

—— Sun

Full of emotional angst, scorching love scenes, and a compelling storyline

—— Dear Author

They are powerful, sexy and unputdownable

—— Victoria Loves Books

Boldly passionate, scorchingly sexy

—— Booklist

Sophisticated, engaging, clever and sweet

—— Irish Independent

Indulgent fantasy at its most enjoyable

—— Shelf Awareness
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