Reviews for The Collected Poems of Georges Bataille

The average rating for The Collected Poems of Georges Bataille based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-11-14 00:00:00 Walter Harris For those familiar with the work of Georges Bataille it would come as no surprise that death and erotism are the prominent themes in this collection of poems. It didn't surprise me also that he works piss, shit, blood, semen and puss into his poems too. A small few of the more obscene poems I didn't think much of, but most, regardless of the filth, I found to be very poetic, even beautiful which may sound strange. There is a depth and intellect that might not be so easy to find at first, but it is there. Some Poems I really liked were - I Was Dreaming Of Touching The Sadness Of The World, Night Is My Nudity, I Hurl Myself Among The Dead, Mademoiselle My Heart, The Lightning, Endless Visage, The Undifferentiated Being Is Nothing, The Dead Sun Was Illuminating The Hairy Shadow, and The Marseillaise Of Love (below) which I thought was great. Two naked lovers sing the Marseillaise two bloody kisses bite their heart horses run full-speed ahead horseman dead village abandoned a child cries in the never-ending night.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-07 00:00:00 Lillian Gracia I have vomited through my nose the arachnoid sky my whittled temples made it thin I am dead and the lilies evaporate the water distilled words lack and in the end, I do too. I read this entire book earlier at a Half Price Books. I don't recall doing that as an adult. I think fear Bataille would approve.