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Story of the eye

Bataille, Georges, 1897-19622001
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Georges Bataille's first novel is widely regarded as the erotic masterpiece of the 20th century. It appears here together with two essays: Susan Sontag's study of the literature of sex, "The Pornographic Imagination", and Roland Barthes's critical essay on the text, "The Metaphor of the Eye'.
Main title:
Story of the eye / Georges Bataille ; translated by Joachim Neugroschal ; with essays by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2001.©1977.
Collation:
127 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translation of: Histoire de l'oeil.This translation originally published: New York: Urizen, 1977; London: Boyars, 1979.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
97801411853850141185384 (pbk)9780141185385 (paperback)
Dewey class:
843.912
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
206138
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Kathleen Syme CarltonFictionBATAAvailable
North Melbourne LibraryFiction PaperbackGeneral BOn loan - Due: 08 Jul 2026
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