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| Author | Georges Bataille |
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| Original title | L'histoire de l'œil |
| Translator | Joachim Neugroschel |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Erotic fiction |
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| Publication place | France |
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| Pages | 127 (Penguin Books edition) |
| ISBN | 0-14-018009-5 |
Story of the Eye (French: L'histoire de l'œil) is a 1928 novella written by Georges Bataille as Lord Auch (literally, Lord "to the shithouse" — "auch" being short for "aux chiottes," slang for telling somebody off by sending him to the toilet), that details the increasingly bizarre sexual perversions of a pair of teenage lovers, including an early depiction of omorashi fetishism in Western literature. It is narrated by the young man looking back on his exploits. In 1940 an edition of Histoire de l’œil was illustrated by Hans Bellmer. Histoire de l'œil entered the public domain on January 1, 2024.[1]