Roberte Ce Soir / The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
by Pierre Klossowski
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Together these two novels comprise the most fascinating, obsessive, and erotic works of contemporary Frech fiction. Like the works of Georges Bataille, and those of the Marquis de Sade before him, Klossowski's fiction explores the connections between the mind and the body through a lens of sexuality. Both of these novels feature Octave, an elderly cleric; his striking young wife Roberte; and their nephew, Antoine in a series of sexual situations. But Klossowski's books are about theology as show more well, and this merging of the sexual with the religious makes this book one of the most painstakingly baroque and intellectual novels of our time. show lessTags
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Pierre Klossowski, writer and philosopher, was born in Paris on August 5, 1905. His writings span a wide range of topics, from Doctors of the Church to the Marquis de Sade. His last novel, The Baphomet, received the Prix des Critique in France (1965). (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- Roberte Ce Soir / The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
- Original publication date
- 1954 (Roberte ce soir) (Roberte ce soir); 1959 (La Révocation de l'édit de Nantes ) (La Révocation de l'édit de Nantes )
- Original language
- French
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- English, French
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- 5
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