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The Poetry of Georges Bataille

by: Georges Bataille

Publisher: State University of New York Press ()

$34.95

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Staff Pick by comrade: rats alice

Fractured, erotic and visceral. These are about everything I wanted from poems. This short, beautiful collection uses a mesmerizing force of words to create and explore fissures in the worlds of human minds and feeling. Bataille is generally known for his works in philosophy and fiction, but these poems take the same esoteric, obsessive tone into small attempts of words. completely beautiful, startling pieces of art. Absolutely a favorite.