Book Description
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.
About the author
Georges Bataille was born in France in 1897 and died in 1962. He was a philospher, novelist and critic who wrote on a wide range of topics and continues to exert a vital influence on today's literature and thought. Other works published by Marion Boyars include My Mother Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man, Literature and Evil and L'Abbé C.
