Blue of NoonSet 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. "Georges Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century"—Michel Foucault [box] Also available: My Mother Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man, TP $14.95, 0-7145-3004-2 • CUSA Literature and Evil TP $14.95, 0-7145-0346-0 • CUSA L'Abbé C TP $14.95, 0-7145-2448-X • CUSA |
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You know - ' , racked as she was by hiccups , she kept stopping short , ' when I
was a kid . . . I remember . . . I came here ... She stopped laughing and began
shouting : ' Oh , my , I ' m getting silly – I ' ll have to . . . No , no , I ' ll finish my story
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For no reason , she stopped in the middle of the dance , struck a serious attitude ,
and began staring at me . She was full of impudence . ' Look , ' she said , and
raised her dress higher than her stockings : the leg , the stocking , the
embroidered ...
I stopped and lay on top of her , heavy and still , panting like a dog . Abruptly I
clasped her naked buttocks . I fell on her with my full weight . She uttered a terrific
scream . I clenched my teeth as hard as I could . At that moment we began sliding
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Crítica de los usuarios - Kristelh - LibraryThingA nihilist novel by Georges Bataille, Blue of Noon, is set during the Spanish Civil War and the early years of Nazi movement. The protagonist, Henri Timmermann is a sick man (physically and ... Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - amerynth - LibraryThingWhile I didn't actually hate Georges Bataille's "Blue of Noon," I really didn't get it either. This supposed to be a novel that used eroticism to show how sex, violence and power is intertwined and ... Leer comentario completo
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