The Dead Man/The Solar Anus

by Georges Bataille

R J Dent’s brand-new modern English translation of Georges Bataille’s The Dead Man and The Solar Anus, is now available from Incunabula.

The Dead Man & The Solar Anus

Georges Bataille

Contents:

Introduction: Reading the Nudity of Death by Jack Sargeant and R J Dent
The Dead Man
The Solar Anus
Afterword to The Dead Man by Georges Bataille

Illustrated by Alexandria Bryan

The Dead Man (Le Mort), is Georges Bataille’s classic tale of devotion, depravity and damnation. It’s the story of Marie, a woman who, after witnessing the sudden death of her lover Edouard, wanders naked, guilt-ridden and grieving through the night streets of a French town, sinking deeper and deeper into depravity as she seeks to escape the agony of loss…

The Solar Anus (L’anus solaire) is a short surrealist text, written by Bataille in 1927. It is Bataille’s essay on solar energy, focussing on the positive aspects of the sun – (life, light, growth, sight, vision, reflections), and its negative aspects – (death, decay, disasters, fires, impotence, decomposition, aridity). The Solar Anus is a paean to the sun, which brings life to the Earth, and death to those exposed to its unrestrained energies.

Book details:

Title: The Dead Man and The Solar Anus

Author: Georges Bataille

Translator: R J Dent

Photomontages: Alexandria Bryan

ISBN: 9781445792262

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 100

Publication Date: 12th April 2024

Publisher: Incunabula

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