false 135460 2 <I>My Mother</I> is a unique <I>bildungsroman</I> of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother.?<I>Publishers Weekly</I><BR><BR><I>My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man</I> comprises three short pieces of erotic prose that fuse elements of sex and spirituality in a highly personal vision of the flesh. They present a world of sensation in which only the vaulting demands of disruptive excess and the anguish of heightened awareness can combat the stultifying world of reason and social order. Each of the narratives contains a sense of intoxication and insanity so carefully delineated by the author that it seems to infect the reader. <BR><BR>Philosopher, novelist and critic, <I>Georges Bataille</I> is a major figure in twentieth-century literature whose startling and original ideas increasingly exert a vital influence on the shaping of thought, language and experience. Best known outside France for the vertiginous sexual delirium of his short novel, <I>Story of the Eye</I>, the vast scope of Bataille's interests and intellect made him a major force in many spheres.<BR><BR>Bataille's essays range over such diverse topics as economics, psychoanalysis, Marxism, yoga and anthropology. His critical essays, <I>Literature and Evil</I> and his complex meditations on the dark coupling of sex and death, <I>Eroticism</I>, are both available from Marion Boyars. Bataille's available fiction includes <I>L'Abbe C</I>, a twisted document detailing the holy horrors of sex and <I>Blue of Noon</I>, now an established modern classic in its seventh printing. 130543 1989 My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man total:119|5:40|4:39|3:31|2:8|1:1| 119 466 167 7 5 3 false false Sun Nov 04 22:56:31 -0800 2007 Fri May 23 08:06:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 06:59:28 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 06:50:32 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 06 20:15:35 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 20:28:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 07 16:13:01 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 22:46:09 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 16 19:07:51 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 15:29:33 -0800 2008 I remember feeling the same kind of disgust and fascination for Pasolini's Salo. ]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 26 07:51:32 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 07:53:48 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jul 21 20:30:03 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 11:30:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 10:20:47 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 10:20:47 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 12:26:01 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 12:26:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 12:01:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 12:01:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 08:32:55 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:32:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 18:25:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 18:25:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 20:05:02 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 20:05:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 09:25:55 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 09:25:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 07:41:27 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 07:41:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 28 15:02:58 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 15:02:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 20:46:02 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:46:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 24 09:28:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:28:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 16:06:08 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 16:06:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 06:00:35 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 06:00:35 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=135460