back in college, i bumbed into the philosophy and writings of Georges Bataille via this book. alas, i kept borrowing the same book over and over again. good thing the book was easily accessible to me, because the only available copy is in my college library 🙂
here’s what my favorite online reference, wikipedia, has to say about him:
Bataille had an amazing interdisciplinary talent — he drew from diverse influences and used diverse modes of discourse to create his work. His novel The Story of the Eye, for example, published under the pseudonym Lord Auch (literally…. [continue reading article]
interestingly, you can download a handful of his work here.
disclaimer: i’ve never claimed to be a literati. just felt the need to say that.
note: this post was self-censored, sanitize from expletive use.