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One of the most provocative and controversial writers of his time, these essays comprise George Bataille's most incisive study of surrealism.
Review Quotes: "One of the most original and unsettling of those thinkers who, in the wake of Sade and Nietzsche, have confronted the possibility of thought in a world that has lost its myth of transcendence." - Peter Brooks, New York Times Book Review
"Bataille has survived the death of God." - Jean-Paul Sartre "Richardson's readable and accurate translations are carefully annotated, making this a useful collection for English readers." - Library Journal "The book is never less than fascinating and reveals Bataille as a wit as well as a thinker." - Times Higher Education Supplement "An illuminating historical document." - Literary Review "Challenging and terrifying." - Radical Philosophy