Roberte Ce Soir and The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

Klossowski, Pierre

ISBN 10: 156478309X / ISBN 13: 9781564783097

Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2002

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Synopsis:

Together these two novels comprise the most fascinating, obsessive, and erotic works of contemporary Frech fiction. Like the works of Georges Bataille, and those of the Marquis de Sade before him, Klossowski's fiction explores the connections between the mind and the body through a lens of sexuality. Both of these novels feature Octave, an elderly cleric; his striking young wife Roberte; and their nephew, Antoine in a series of sexual situations. But Klossowski's books are about theology as well, and this merging of the sexual with the religious makes this book one of the most painstakingly baroque and intellectual novels of our time.

About the Authors: Klossowski, brother of the painter Balthus, is widely rcognized as a central figure in the contemporary French avant-garde.

Winner of the National Book Award for translation and a graduate of Harvard University, Austryn Wainhouse left the United States for Paris partway through graduate work at the University of Iowa. He has worked in France as an editor and translator ever since. He was the first to translate the Marquis de Sade, including de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom, Juliette, and Justine. And he has translated the works of many other vital writers, including Pierre Klossowski, Georges Bataille, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean Cocteau. Hedyphagetica, his only work of fiction, was first published by the Olympia Press. Wainhouse lives in the South of France.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Roberte Ce Soir and The Revocation of the ...
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Klossowski, Pierre
Condition: Very Good