Blue of Noon

Blue of Noon
Cover of the first edition
AuthorGeorges Bataille
Original titleLe Bleu du Ciel
TranslatorHarry Mathews
LanguageFrench
Genre
PublisherJean-Jacques Pauvert
Publication date
1957
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1978
Media typePrint
Pages155
ISBN9780893960049
OCLC4655848
843.912
Preceded byManet 
Followed byLa littérature et le Mal 

Blue of Noon (French: Le Bleu du Ciel) is an erotic novella by Georges Bataille. Although Bataille completed the work in 1935, it was not published until Jean-Jacques Pauvert did so in 1957. (Pauvert previously published the writings of the Marquis de Sade.) Urizen Books published Harry Mathews' English-language translation in 1978. The book deals with necrophilia.[1]

  1. ^ Kendall, Stuart (2007). Georges Bataille (1. publ. ed.). London: Reaktion Books. p. 206. ISBN 978-1861893277. Retrieved 27 August 2014.