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My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man Georges Bataille

My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man By Georges Bataille

My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man by Georges Bataille

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Presents depiction of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother, where the profane becomes sacred, and intense experience is shown as the only way to transcend the boundaries of society and morality.

My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man Summary

My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man by Georges Bataille

In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly personal and philosophical vision of the self. My Mother is a frank and intense depiction of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother, where the profane becomes sacred, and intense experience is shown as the only way to transcend the boundaries of society and morality. Madame Edwarda is the story of a prostitute who calls herself God, and The Dead Man, published in 1964 after Bataille's death, is a startling short tale of cruelty and desire. This volume also contains Bataille's own introductions to his texts as well as essays by Yukio Mishima and Ken Hollings.

My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man Reviews

The power of Bataille's prose is still impressive, his capacity to shock still compelling * Literary Review *

About Georges Bataille

Georges Bataille, French essayist and novelist, was born in 1897. He converted to Catholicism, then to Marxism, and was interested in psychoanalysis and mysticism. As curator of the municipal library in Orleans, he led a relatively simple life, although he became involved, usually on the fringes, with the surrealist movement. He founded the literary review Critique in 1946, which he edited until his death in 1962, and was also a founder of the review Documents, which published many of the leading surrealist writers. His writing is a mixture of poetry and philosophy, fantasy and history, and his first novel, Story of the Eye, was written under the pseudonym of Lord Auch. Bataille's other works include the novels Blue of Noon and L'Abbe C, and the volumes of essays Eroticism and Literature and Evil.

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GOR006684963
9780141195551
014119555X
My Mother, Madame Edwarda, The Dead Man by Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille
Penguin Modern Classics
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2012-06-07
208
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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