Blue of Noon - Softcover

Bataille, Georges

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714530735 ISBN 13: 9780714530734

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of Europe’s slide into Fascism, this twentieth-century erotic classic takes the reader on a dark journey through the psyche of the pre-war French intelligentsia, torn between identification with the victims of history and the glamour of its victors. One of Bataille’s overtly political works, it explores the ambiguity of sex as a subversive force, bringing violence, power and death together in a terrifying unity.

"Georges Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century"—Michel Foucault

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About this title

Synopsis:

Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, "Blue of Noon" is one of Bataille's most overtly political works, exploring the ambiguity of sex as a subversive force and synthesising the fetishes of violence, power and death that mesmerized an age. In this classic of twentieth century eroticism, the reader is taken on a dark journey through the psyche of the pre-war French intelligentsia, torn between identification with the victims of history and the glamour of its victors.

About the Author:

GEORGES BATAILLE (1897-1962) wrote an extraordinary mixture of poetry, philosophy, fantasy and history. His influence on writers as various as Sartre, Foucault, Barthes and Lacan is incalculable. His major works (all published as Modern Classics)are the novels THE STORY OF THE EYE and BLUE OF NOON and the essay collection EROTICISM.

About this edition

• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0714530735
• ISBN 13: 9780714530734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 129