Story of the Eye
Story of the Eye
Author: Georges Bataille
Desc: Only Georges Bataille could write of an eyeball removed from a corpse that "the caress of the eye over the skin is so utterly so extraordinarily gentle and the sensation is so bizarre that it has something of a rooster's horrible crowing." Bataille has been called a "metaphysician of evil " specializing in blasphemy profanation and horror. Story of the Eye written in 1928 is his best-known work; it is unashamedly surrealistic both disgusting and fascinating and packed with seemingly endless violations. It's something of an underground classic rediscovered by each new generation. Most recently the Icelandic pop singer Björk Guðdmundsdóttir cites Story of the Eye as a major inspiration: she made a music video that alludes to Bataille's erotic uses of eggs and she plans to read an excerpt for an album. Warning: Story of the Eye is graphically sexual and is only suited for adults who are not easily offended.