内容简介
InthesethreeworksoferoticproseGeorgesBataillefusessexandspiritualityinahighlypersonalandphilosophicalvisionoftheself.MyMotherisafrankandintensedepictionofayoungman'ssexualinitiationandcorruptionbyhismother,wheretheprofanebecomessacred,andintenseexperienceisshownastheonlywaytotranscendtheboundariesofsocietyandmorality.MadameEdwardaisthestoryofaprostitutewhocallsherselfGod,andTheDeadMan,publishedin1964afterBataille'sdeath,isastartlingshorttaleofcrueltyanddesire.ThisvolumealsocontainsBataille'sownintroductionstohistextsaswellasessaysbyYukioMishimaandKenHollings.
作者简介
GeorgesBataille,Frenchessayistandnovelist,wasbornin1897.HeconvertedtoCatholicism,thentoMarxism,andwasinterestedinpsychoanalysisandmysticism.AscuratorofthemunicipallibraryinOrleans,heledarelativelysimplelife,althoughhebecameinvolved,usuallyonthefringes,withthesurrealistmovement.HefoundedtheliteraryreviewCritiquein1946,whichheediteduntilhisdeathin1962,andwasalsoafounderofthereviewDocuments,whichpublishedmanyoftheleadingsurrealistwriters.Hiswritingisamixtureofpoetryandphilosophy,fantasyandhistory,andhisfirstnovel,StoryoftheEye,waswrittenunderthepseudonymofLordAuch.Bataille'sotherworksincludethenovelsBlueofNoon,L'AbbéCandMyMother,andthevolumesofessaysEroticismandLiteratureandEvil.