{"product_id":"story-of-the-eye-georges-bataille-1st-english-edition","title":"Story of the Eye, Georges Bataille — 1st English Edition","description":"\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8c31a204315fb9dc-411\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Marion Boyars, 1979\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [viii], 120.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8c31a204315fb9dc-412\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The book presents exceptionally well, bound tightly with a robust, unblemished cased binding that shows no signs of shelf-wear or bumping to the extremities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The dust jacket is remarkably bright and clean, free from the standard edge wear, chipping, or fading that commonly afflicts this title, while the glossy laminate has been perfectly preserved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Internally, the textblock edges are sharp and uniformly clean\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the preliminary pages are entirely bright, crisp, and unmarked, pointing to a volume that has been carefully stored and likely unread\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. A superior, highly collectible example of this surrealist masterwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8c31a204315fb9dc-413\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First UK edition. The title marks a crucial moment in the Anglophone reception of Georges Bataille\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Originally published in France under the pseudonym \"Lord Auch\" in 1928, \u003ci\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e only began to cement its reputation in the English-speaking world following its underground dissemination and eventual formal translations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This Marion Boyars publication brings together Joachim Neugroschel's definitive translation alongside two monumental critical texts: Susan Sontag's \"The Pornographic Imagination\" and Roland Barthes's \"The Metaphor of the Eye,\" the latter expertly translated by J. A. Underwood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8c31a204315fb9dc-414\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a serious scholarly undertaking that effectively rehabilitated transgressive surrealism for academic and popular consumption, this edition remains highly sought-after. Finding copies of the original cased printing (as opposed to the simultaneous and highly common paperback runs) in such well-preserved condition is increasingly uncommon on the open market, particularly with the jacket’s striking egg-and-eye motif wholly intact and unrubbed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"p-rc_8c31a204315fb9dc-415\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStory of the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, Georges Bataille shatters the boundaries of traditional narrative to explore the violent, intoxicating intersections of youth, eroticism, and death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Following a pair of teenage protagonists, the novel spirals through a series of escalating transgressions that redefine the body and its deepest, darkest capacities for both horror and ecstasy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Bataille's work interrogated traditional attitudes about the nature of the self, individuality and collectivity, as part of his politics of resistance and quest for the rapturous and mystical experience (Curtin, 2010). Shocking upon its initial release and now celebrated as a cornerstone of surrealist transgressive literature, the text intellectualizes the erotic and eroticizes the intellect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Bolstered by the penetrating critiques of Sontag and Barthes, this is not merely a tale of excess, but a multifaceted philosophical inquiry into the bases of literature and the extremes of human consciousness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53741158400339,"sku":"4049-RM-F-VG-9","price":120.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260609_144403.jpg?v=1781017180","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/story-of-the-eye-georges-bataille-1st-english-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}