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Published in France in 1945, this English translation records the major influence on Bataille's life which led him to abandon his Catholic faith. Bataille argues against fascist interpretations of Nietzsche, expresses his disgust at German anti-Semitism and praises Nietzsche as a prophet.

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Bataille s entire work deals with the experience of the edge, that is living at the very limits of life, at the extreme...Bataille s books exert a fascination that never ceases. Bloomsbury Review

(Bataille s) writing is superlative...daringly imaginative, intended only for those awake and aware of the possibilities of excess in literature and life. Along with Celine and Breton, Bataille writes as if he were dropping a bomb. Detroit Free Press Bataille s entire work deals with the experience of the edge, that is living at the very limits of life, at the extreme...Bataille s books exert a fascination that never ceases. Bloomsbury Review An absorbing and illuminating read for persons with a philosophical and literary turn of mind. --Small Press Book Review (Bataille's) writing is superlative...daringly imaginative, intended only for those awake and aware of the possibilities of excess--in literature and life. Along with Celine and Breton, Bataille writes as if he were dropping a bomb. --Detroit Free Press Bataille's entire work deals with the experience of the edge, that is living at the very limits of life, at the extreme...Bataille's books exert a fascination that never ceases. --Bloomsbury Review 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, The New York Times Book Review

Bataille s entire work deals with the experience of the edge, that is living at the very limits of life, at the extreme...Bataille s books exert a fascination that never ceases. --Bloomsbury Review

(Bataille's) writing is superlative...daringly imaginative, intended only for those awake and aware of the possibilities of excess--in literature and life. Along with Celine and Breton, Bataille writes as if he were dropping a bomb. --Detroit Free Press An absorbing and illuminating read for persons with a philosophical and literary turn of mind. --Small Press Book Review Bataille's entire work deals with the experience of the edge, that is living at the very limits of life, at the extreme...Bataille's books exert a fascination that never ceases. --Bloomsbury Review 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, The New York Times Book Review

(Bataille's) writing is superlative...daringly imaginative, intended only for those awake and aware of the possibilities of excess--in literature and life. Along with Celine and Breton, Bataille writes as if he were dropping a bomb.--Detroit Free Press An absorbing and illuminating read for persons with a philosophical and literary turn of mind.--Small Press Book Review Bataille's entire work deals with the experience of the edge, that is living at the very limits of life, at the extreme...Bataille's books exert a fascination that never ceases.--Bloomsbury Review 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, The New York Times Book Review

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Georges Bataille (1897-1962) was a novelist, essayist, poet and philosopher who has greatly influenced postmodern thinking.

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