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A review by seriousniki
Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
4.0
Personally, the mystique surrounding the inspiration of this book keeps my mind thinking and that is worth something in itself. A book that doesn't give answers, just blunt audacity. The feeling of being swept away as the main character is, the freedom to even allow the sweeping and see where it takes a person, it's like a rabbit hole. As lacking in answers as this book goes, the biggest unanswered question is the woman who spurs it all.
From the writer's point of view, it would be beneficial to consider why he seems to place all of the shock coming from solely the female lead, as if the man following her doesn't have much autonomy. Whether you read this with a grain of salt of white male privilege of the 1920s or to get lost in the story, this will turn your mind over and over. For that, I love this book.
From the writer's point of view, it would be beneficial to consider why he seems to place all of the shock coming from solely the female lead, as if the man following her doesn't have much autonomy. Whether you read this with a grain of salt of white male privilege of the 1920s or to get lost in the story, this will turn your mind over and over. For that, I love this book.