Author:Georges Bataille,Mary Dalwood
A philosopher, essayist, novelist, pornographer and fervent Catholic who came to regard the brothels of Paris as his true 'churches', Georges Bataille ranks among the boldest and most disturbing of twentieth-century thinkers. In this influential study he links the underlying sexual basis of religion to death, offering a dazzling array of insights into incest, prostitution, marriage, murder, sadism, sacrifice and violence, as well as including comments on Freud, Sade and Saint Theresa. Everywhere, Eroticism argues, sex is surrounded by taboos, which we must continually transgress in order to overcome the sense of isolation that faces us all.
Bataille speaks about man's condition, not his nature ... In him reality is conflict
—— Jean-Paul SartreThe truest and the most moving of all interpretations of life that my own generation made
—— Noel AnnanTo read Isaiah Berlin is above all to listening to a voice, effervescent, quizzical, often self-mocking, but always full of gaiety and amusement
—— John Dunn , Times Literary SupplementAs a historian of ideas, he has no equal; and what he has to say is expressed in prose of exceptional lucidity and grace
—— Anthony Storr , Independent[Its] lasting power to enchant lies not in a contrived simplicity of language - it makes no concession to the age or verbal dexterity of the reader - but rather to its uncanny understanding of the adult within every child
—— Beryl Bainbridge'The child who has never run with Mowgli's wolf pack . . . has missed something that he will not get from any other writer
—— Rosemary SutcliffThe Just So Stories and The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling have always held a fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India
—— Prince of WalesRudyard Kipling is a writer for our times, and for all time
—— Roger MooreAround a century ago, Rudyard Kipling laid the foundations of modern children's literature with works such as The Jungle Book, Just So Stories and Puck of Pook's Hill. Far from the fusty Victorian conventions of the time, they were wild, magnificent stories that felt as though they'd always existed, stories people might have told each other in the caves
—— Daily TelegraphA must read
—— Toronto NOWCharming and quirky
—— BookbagDefinitely one to watch
—— Big Issue (National)Hudson’s ear for language…raises this debut novel well above the average
—— Lesley McDowell , Glasgow Sunday HeraldJanie’s irrepressible, childish glee and the sly humour into which it evolves give the novel a wry self-awareness that is both refreshing and endearing
—— Lettie Ransley , ObserverA gripping, often hilarious tale of growing up in the slums of Aberdeen. Hard to put down owing to the power of the narrative, its DNA is part Roddy Doyle/part Irvine Welsh
—— Ijeoma Onweluzo , The LadyA sumptuous novel. Read it for the sentences and smarts, and for the copious sexy parts
—— Richard Ford , Guardian, Books of the YearEverything I want from a love story: sexy, convincing, baffling, funny, sad and unforgettable
—— Juliet Nicholson , Evening Standard, "Books of the Year"Banville's exquisitely written novel unravels the deceptions of memory with wit and pathos
—— Telegraph
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