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Georges Bataille
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Binding
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Number of Pages
128
Age Group
All
Language
English
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Book Summary
This is a landmark work of transgressive surrealist fiction that confronts the link between desire, ritual, and mortality. Its central aim is to push the boundaries of language and taboo, inviting readers to question conventional morality while exploring the thrill and danger of art that unsettles. Designed for adult readers and students of modernist and surrealist literature, the tone is bold, dreamlike, and intellectually fearless.
Presented as a tightly woven narrative, the book follows a young narrator and his lovers on a journey where dream logic, stark sexuality, and philosophical reflection collide. The prose is lush and hypnotic, often startling in its imagery, and it deliberately unsettles expectations as it moves through scenes that blend the erotic with the existential. This edition includes critical essays that illuminate how literature can frame taboo subjects as art and how the gaze shapes perception.
Reading it is immersive and demanding in the best possible way: a sequence of vivid tableaux, shifting moods, and rhythms that swing from tenderness to intensity. Although its landscapes are surreal, the experience remains precise and tactile, inviting careful attention to language, symbol, and metaphor. The combination of narrative and scholarly context helps readers interpret the work while inviting personal reflection on desire, power, and the nature of art.
Readers emerge with a broadened perspective on 20th-century avant-garde fiction, a heightened curiosity about how art negotiates taboo, and a lasting impression of a work that dares to test boundaries.
Product Details
Author
Georges Bataille
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
128
Language
English
SKU
9780141185385
ISBN
9780141185385
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
12.9x0.7x19.8cm
Binding
Paperback
MRP: ₹ 499
₹ 425
₹ 74 Off