Story of the Eye

by Georges Bataille

103 pages

English language

Published Jan. 7, 1987 by City Lights Books.

OCLC Number:: 15653075

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egreiner reviewed Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

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3 stars

Read this in one at night at a bar while I was in Nairobi. A prostitute kept interrupting me, asking me why I wouldn't buy her a drink. How could I explain the mental anguish of this book to her? I couldn't, I barely can to myself.

decadent_and_depraved reviewed Story of the eye by Georges Bataille

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5 stars

The amount of symbolism the erotic can convey is absolutely frightening and this book truly ought to demolish all those petty biases people carry towards the erotic. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and was hard throughout the whole story, therefore, I must say that I do indeed recommend the entire experience!