Originally published in France in 1928, The Story of the Eye is the surreal and fascinating classic novel depicting the increasingly bizarre sexual exploits of a pair of teenage lovers. Bataille's best known work, the book has become an underground classic described by Susan Sontag as "the book which obliges us to confront the idea of pornography as a serious literary genre".
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Originally published in France in 1928, The Story of the Eye is the surreal and fascinating classic novel depicting the increasingly bizarre sexual exploits of a pair of teenage lovers. Bataille's best known work, the book has become an underground classic described by Susan Sontag as "the book which obliges us to confront the idea of pornography as a serious literary genre".
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Hardcover
Urizen Books, 1977
This is a pre-owned copy of the book and it does show wear and some damage to the spine.
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