num_pages: 164
description: Set against the backdrop of Europe’s slide into Fascism, this twentieth-century erotic classic takes the reader on a dark journey through the psyche of the pre-war French intelligentsia, torn between identification with the victims of history and the glamour of its victors. One of Bataille’s overtly political works, it explores the ambiguity of sex as a subversive force, bringing violence, power, and death together in a terrifying unity.
language: English
title: Blue of Noon
titlecomplete: Blue of Noon
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Sexuality, Classics, Novels, Philosophy, France, Erotica, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2695
places: Paris, Germany, Barcelona, Catalonia
publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd