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Story of the Eye
Story of the Eye
Author: Georges Bataille, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Dovid Bergelson (Translator)
In 1928, Georges Bataille published this first novel under a pseudonym, a legendary shocker that uncovers the dark side of the erotic by means of forbidden obsessive fantasies of excess and sexual extremes. A classic of pornographic literature, Story of the Eye finds the parallels in Sade and Nietzsche and in the investigations of contemporary p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780872862098
ISBN-10: 0872862097
Publication Date: 9/1987
Pages: 103
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 34 ratings
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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Erinyes avatar reviewed Story of the Eye on + 279 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Do not read this book if you are faint of heart. I am not kidding with you. This book is darkly fascinating, and was written for a very specific purpose.
perryfran avatar reviewed Story of the Eye on + 1167 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Story of the Eye (French: Histoire de l'oeil) is a novella written by Georges Bataille and published in 1928 that details the increasingly bizarre sexual perversions of a pair of teenage lovers. It is narrated by the young man looking back on his exploits. A classic of pornographic literature, Story of the Eye finds parallels in de Sade and Nietzsche and in the investigations of contemporary psychology; it also forecasts Bataille's own theories of ecstasy, death and transgressions which he developed in later work.

I really didn't know what I was getting into when I started reading this one. It is to say the least shocking, disgusting, and not for the faint of heart or easily offended. Some of this was very difficult to get through, but I could see why this is considered a milestone in this genre.

Warning: Story of the Eye is graphically sexual, and is only for adults who are not easily offended.
sblonder avatar reviewed Story of the Eye on
Helpful Score: 1
I am scarred for life.
Read for boxall's 1001 books to read before you die but please do yourself a favor and just skip this one.

Then Bataille has the audacity to state that this was semi-inspired by true events in his life? I am unwell.
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