George Bataille The Eye _best_ -

The influence of Bataille’s "eye" stretches far beyond 1920s surrealism. It paved the way for: The "Body Horror" genre in cinema (think David Cronenberg).

On the surface, Story of the Eye is deceptively simple. It follows the sexual exploits of an unnamed teenage narrator and his lover, Simone. Alongside a young girl named Marcelle and a wealthy, perverse Englishman named Sir Edmund, they engage in a series of escalating acts of debauchery: urine-soaked orgies, voyeurism, and sadomasochism. george bataille the eye

Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille : Discussion and Analysis The influence of Bataille’s "eye" stretches far beyond