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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
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Bataille has survived the death of God. --Jean-Paul Sartre
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Richardson's readable and accurate translations are carefully annotated, making this a useful collection for English readers.The book is never less than fascinating and reveals Bataille as a wit as well as a thinker. --Times Higher Education Supplement
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Bataille has survived the death of God." New York Times Book Review
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Richardson's readable and accurate translations are carefully annotated, making this a useful collection for English readers." Jean-Paul Sartre
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"The book is never less than fascinating and reveals Bataille as a wit as well as a thinker." Library Journal
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"An illuminating historical document." Times Higher Education Supplement
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"Challenging and terrifying." Literary Review
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One of the most provocative and controversial writers of his time, these essays comprise George Bataille's most incisive study of surrealism.
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An illuminating historical document.Challenging and terrifying.