Description
Together these two novels comprise the most fascinating, obsessive, and erotic works of contemporary Frech fiction. Like the works of Georges Bataille, and those of the Marquis de Sade before him, Klossowski's fiction explores the connections between the mind and the body through a lens of sexuality. Both of these novels feature Octave, an elderly cleric; his striking young wife Roberte; and their nephew, Antoine in a series of sexual situations. But Klossowski's books are about theology as well, and this merging of the sexual with the religious makes this book one of the most painstakingly baroque and intellectual novels of our time.
Author: Pierre Klossowski
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 02/01/2002
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9781564783097
ISBN10: 156478309X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Erotica | General
About the Author
Pierre Klossowski (August 9, 1905, Paris - August 12, 2001, Paris) was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, and his younger brother was the painter Balthus.