Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Story of the Eye
Book Review: Bataille was a visionary and a hero.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is not only the Story of The Eye, it is also in a way the story of us all. Bataille, the apostle of defilement, offers us all that is the converse of contemporary Christian morality: he probes our minds in, perhaps, the same way the monster under the bed would probe a little girl's urinary tract. Everyone in America should read this book, willingly or not.Book Review: Beatifully written
Summary: 5 Stars
This is probably the most perverse, and yet one of the most beautifully written, books I've ever read. It's hard to categorize it because there really isn't that much of a genre for this kind of literature. And I do mean LITERATURE.
It's also literature in the best sense of the word. A very strange read, if ever there was one.
Not for the faint of heart.
Book Review: Bizzare + Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
Georges Bataille writes beautifully, and his simple, shameless telling of the story works swimmingly.Book Review: Brilliant,,,
Summary: 4 Stars
I decided to read this book out of curiosity when I read that Bjork had recommended everyone to read it. I knew that i was in for a shocking treat. Is it shocking? Yes, indeed. I personally wasn't too shocked by the erotic acts itself in the book, since none of it was new to me. I found it more shocking by how beautifully and yet frightful the narrative was...its such a page turner and definitely worth reading!Book Review: Don't get caught up in the hype
Summary: 4 Stars
I decided to read "Story of the Eye" after seeing it placed on a reading list with a sidenote remarking, "if you enjoy reading it, you are in no danger of being normal". Taking the bait to see if I was in any certain danger, I ordered it off amazon and dove head first into the small erotic novella.
I think it might be my age and the way our culture today has stiffened us, but it was not as shocking as many of the reviews I had claimed it would be, and in that way I was most definitely let down. Yeah, the characters have some fetishes, but I can't imagine anyone in the generation who has touched even a Chuck Palahniuk book to be fazed by the actions of the characters.
At some points, it does feel like the plot is a bit dry, they often are just traveling from one setting to another where they perform yet another random sex act driven by fetish.
The good points of the book are that I was when I would often laugh out loud at some of the actions(the sitting in milk, the inverted sexual positions, the priest they essentially rape), and that gives the book its real entertainment value. Also parts of the book are beautifully written, my only issue with that is it seems that those beautifully written slots with the philosophical overtone's did sometimes seemed forced into the story, but i'm still glad they have been put in.
Overall, worth the five bucks it is going to cost you to get used on here, and the couple hours you'll kill on the chair reading it.
Best read while eating boiled eggs and drinking milk.