false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172240344m/152121.jpg 152121 11 <P>Set 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.</P><P>"Georges Bataille is one of the most important writers of the century"-Michel Foucault</P><P>[box]</P><P>Also available: </P><P><I>My Mother Madame Edwarda and the Dead Man,</I></P><P>TP $14.95, 0-7145-3004-2 <bu> CUSA</P><P><I>Literature and Evil </I></P><P>TP $14.95, 0-7145-0346-0 <bu> CUSA</P><P><I>L'Abbe C</I></P><P>TP $14.95, 0-7145-2448-X <bu> CUSA</P> 1365138 1978 Blue of Noon total:239|5:59|4:84|3:70|2:23|1:3| 239 890 407 29 5 2 false false Mon Oct 08 12:44:35 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 16:01:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:38:44 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 22:38:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 08:46:37 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 08:51:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon May 11 01:15:08 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 01:19:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 12:28:46 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 13:52:28 -0700 2008
(This review includes a cautionary spoiler that does not divulge the ending or ruin the narrative tension.)

Nothing is flattered in “Blue of Noon.” The backdrop of Europe’s march towards jingoism and war seems to be offered as cover fire for the unr...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 08:58:06 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 12:39:58 -0700 2008
No one seemed to notice the book, despite it's erotic cover (not the same you see on the picture here). I am probably l...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 21:42:13 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 21:44:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 19:53:40 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 06:19:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 07:28:39 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 07:29:10 -0700 2009 which is to say a lot,
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