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The story of the eye by georges bataille is hailed as the first of its kind. Publication date 1987 topics erotic stories, french publisher san francisco. Publication date 1987 topics erotic stories, french. The other three, known as the new version, came out in 1940, 1941, and 1967. Born on 10 september 1897 in billom in the region of auvergne, his family moved to reims in 1898, where he was baptized. Only georges bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a. By georges bataille story of the eye hardcover doc. This slim little packet of social anthrax was delivered to me six weeks into my freshman year at college by another very nice young man with literary pretensions who purported to be. Click download or read online button to the obsessions of georges bataille book pdf for free now.
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