The most BIZARRE book I've ever read (Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille) | reading vlog

The most BIZARRE book I've ever read (Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille) | reading vlog
I know I usually read extreme horror books for reading vlogs, but I've had Story of the Eye for a while and I really wanted to give it a read. It may not be extreme horror, but I do think extreme horror lovers would enjoy this read. What a bizarre ride!
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[@cyruseli]

I'll toss my vote in for spoilers at the end, you could put up a graphic or just announce it really plainly so people have a chance to click away, but I personally don't mind spoilers and want to know what happens lol Either way, I continue to love your videos, and remember - read House of Leaves ☺☺

[@capriciousstudent]

I am shocked that this book was written in the 1920’s… I guess the human mind has always been intrigued by the macabre!

[@frankensteinmonster1931]

Always. Marquis de Sade wrote 120 Days of Sodom in 1785 and the book was published in 1904.

[@awaywiththetheories1833]

Ancient mythology can attest to that.

[@rotnaut]

This book is my life substance. The first that got me hooked on reading horror 2 years ago. Made me question a few things (including myself). I’m so glad you gave ur take on it

[@pandastrix4082]

Would you ever make your Amazon wishlist Public? Or maybe a Goodreads bookshelf? I love shopping new horror titles from keeping up with your videos and hearing your reviews ❤

[@horrorghoul]

The Björk's song Venus of a Boy is a video based on the book

[@elehlers]

I first heard about Story of the Eye from reading Maeve Fly (which I loved)...I'm curious to check it out.

[@AndaKent]

I think I understand Maeve a little clearer after reading this.

[@DSnake655]

"Can we get back to the dead body please?" This book sounds less scary and more shocking.

[@BasiliusRavencroft]

There's a lot of occult symbology that do accompany the sexual and macabre elements in that book. A good example is that of the headless corpse mentioned earlier in the video may be an allusion to the organization that George Bataille founded. Which is known as "Acephale"

[@GoldryBluszco]

I bonded with my wife over this novel. I gave her a copy of this book when we were both in school. After some time, we married and still georges bataille is an inspiration everything we pursue. Profound work.

[@Roberta6103]

Imagine if in that book list you had baby in a blender😂 It's nice to see an old book like this, 'cause it's interesting to get a look in the differences, old vs. new. This is definitely different from the newer ones you covered in the channel

[@acoffeedrinkersreviews]

I love your sweater! lol I have 2 lists on amazon one labeled for sharing and one labeled for me lol I like horror, demonic, witchy books and I have some relatives that would "give me a disapproving talk if they saw".

[@AndaKent]

This is such a good idea! I'll definitely make a second list going forward haha.

[@themildrumpus]

Fun Fact: This is Bjork's favorite book. Her music video for "Venus As A Boy" is an homage to "The Story of the Eye."

[@GurdevSeepersaud]

Now I can finally understand that Of Montreal reference. Thanks

[@user-xw6ho7xy2r]

Yeah, this one is really weird and kinda cult as I can see. It was so surprising I had read it right before I read Maeve Fly. Btw there is a really good essay by Roland Barthes "The Metaphor of the Eye", in which he analyses the connection between eyes, eggs and other recurrent round objects that you rightfully noticed. I think it will be quite helpful if you gonna deal with this book in detail.

[@AndaKent]

Amazing! Thank you so much. I will absolutely be reading that essay.

[@libslayer4280]

Wow . I read this book in college in 1969. Yikes. I may read it again. Maybe I won’t be so shocked on the second read. Lol

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

It's actually a good reading, it's sometimes taught at schools, at least in Mexico (we have censorship, sure, but not to the same degree there's censorshio in the USA, parents can't ban books, and when they try, they are legally pursued and fined, or at least ridiculed because schools keep teaching the books. I read this one when I was 16, it was shocking but it didn't affect me or anything. Well, I have to eat now, my food is screaming. Bye.

[@PabloVostok]

new subscriber here, great video! I believe this story is more like a psychos3xual thriller than a horror book, although I think there's something to say about the relationship between s3x and horror and the lines some books like Story of the Eye and films like Crash, Mulholland Drive and The Piano Teacher explore, and how they expose the blurriness of the edges of being scared of something and being aroused by it. and on top of it, to discuss these things in the 1920s, what a visionary Bataille was, such a fascinating person, character and writer!

[@TheDoctorOfPainAndWeebz]

Stories are bizarre, huh? Like I love The House of Leaves - especially mind-breaking experience that happened once I realized I'd been listening to Poe years before reading the book... made it scarily real. But the Story Of The Eye has creeped me out for years - not entirely sure that I regret finding it, which is entirely questionable. I think books like this creep us out because we will remember them. There's a certain horror in knowing that it will linger long after reading it. Knowing that words alone can haunt you. "Harrowing" I suppose - the most literal form of a ghost story. And yeah. LSD flashbacks are an apt comparison.

[@Jzscrstsprstr]

Continental philosophers are wild. I was just watching Slavoj Žižek analyse movies, The Exorcist, The Birds etc. I'm not a philosopher, a lot of it is going over my head, but it's interesting nevertheless.

[@stevenwlafferty]

My boyfriend and I have just been laughing at the first line of chapter 2 for several hours 😊

[@brittneygonzalez6951]

I really enjoy you reading volgs .

[@dylanmeldrum6444]

If you're in the mood for weird books might I recommend Someone Come to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Corey Doctorow. Not really horror, but very much weird

[@hemmelig63]

You should check out junji ito uzumaki😊 its very weird in the best way, and the artwork is fantastic!!!

[@deadslugs]

No longer Human that Junji Ito illustrated into a manga is so wild too! Highly recommend!

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

Hello, Creep! This is it! This is what I wanted you to do, reading "normal" literarire that is weirder than weird literature. I mean, they teach Bataille at high-school. Some siggestions for future reading in this same vein: Jean Genet, Our Lady of the Flowers Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to tue End of Night Jean Lorrain, Monsieur De Phocas JG Ballard, Cocaine Night Matthew Lewis, The Monk Anne amd Jeff VanderMeer, The Weird, a collections of stories and short novels of weird writers around the world, some will be pf your liking, I'm sure (it's a mammoth tome, so therewill ne dozens pf stories worth your time)

[@somasatori9117]

Crash or The Atrocity Exhibition by Ballard are also good suggestions in addition to this list, as well as Filth by Irvine Welsh and Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller. I kind of wonder if there will be much appeal for this kind of thing on this channel though. A lot of that is just literature BookTube stuff rather than horror. It can be gross, like Ballard is great at making you feel uncomfortable and disgusted, but I don't know if that's the angle most extreme horror fans are going with their reading. Not that she shouldn't do it, just a passing thought.

[@AndaKent]

Thank you for all the suggestions! I'll definitely look into these.

[@AndaKent]

This is definitely something I consider when reading books for the channel. But I think every once and a while I can look into something different that may still connect with a horror audience. Thank you for the suggestions!

[@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898]

@@somasatori9117 Haven't read Welsh but the others are great suggestions too. Yeah, we all are here for the horror, but some might also be interested in an off book some times.

[@King_Ghost777]

Hey guys im looking for a book. It was about a man whose baby dies but then comes back and brings him to a place with dead deformed children. It was so tragic that its scarred me for life... I need to reread it.

[@virginiaramirez8385]

Sounds like a short form Lovecraftian Ulysses.

[@MandalaBunnyhome]

This has been on my list for awhile, maybe I should finally read it lol

[@angelofdusk13]

Me: How was this published in 1928??? Me: *looks up the book* Me: Ohhh, it's French. That explains it.

[@alexanderjones5109]

you've got my attention, i've gotta read this

[@josephcossey1811]

The new Duncan Ralston sounds intriguing to say the least! I was much impressed by "Woom" although I'm not sure "enjoyed" would quite describe it! Can we expect a vlog on his latest or is the title alone a little too intimidating?

[@inanimatecarbongod]

It's definitely more weird black comedy pr0n rather than horror. I remember thinking it was kind of hilarious, but that was when I first read it back around the late 90s/early oughts. It's the sort of thing I suspect I'd have less time for if I were to read it for the first time now, because I'm generally a lot less sympathetic towards this sort of wilfully "transgressive" thing, especially when there's some grand philosophical or political significance being claimed for it (cf. A Serbian Film or the "work" of the Viennese Actionists in the 1960s).

[@marsargo99]

I couldnt find any videos so apologies if youve already read them but you NEED to read Psychic Teenage Bloodbath and Horror House of Perversion by Carl John Lee. Theyre both extreme horror and on kindle unlimited

[@josephcossey1811]

Egg-cellent!

[@guilhermepasqual3410]

I don't really capture the whole picture of this book even though I read it 3 times, still intriguing and provocative in all senses of this words, but I would recommend you check it out better than food talking about this book, Clifford lee Sargent he is also a content creator in the platform but that is his favorite book and seeing him saying his reasons why is that it, well just thrills me, of course if it still intrigues you.

[@AndaKent]

Thank you! One of his videos actually came up on my recommendations recently. I'll definitely check it out.

[@JustGina93]

I love your sweater. I'm just here for that 😂 jk but seriously where did you get it? I wanted to know if it had eye stuff for the book, but I guess not. Don't think I'll read that one.

[@em7159]

Have you ever read horror romance? That could be a fun idea since I’m guessing you really don’t read romance.

[@scottn.4865]

Just say at the end If you continue to watch spoilers ahead or something like that.

[@TheJericho1123]

"willy nilly" is in the book alot. grandma, did you write a book?

[@Agora13]

I think Bataille was just doing a very long The Aristocrats joke with that book. His short essays do a better job explaining his philosophy. I recommend the Big Toe.

[@PeterMacansky]

[@letsnotgetstressed8552]

Who’s that bust behind you?

[@AndaKent]

Is it the black one? If so, it's Vincent Price.

[@rml5308]

Hello Anda, you are lovely. You should maybe do ASMR videos where you can read to me from public domain books

[@milanmirkovic4420]

he is existentialist, book is not that strange, Georges Bataille is a genius the book is so deep but you have to have basic knowledge of philosophy, every sentence is carefully placed this is not extreme horror, extreme for extreams sake it's a commentary on society. Please stop compering it to extreme horror, if you do you missed everything he so eloquently said. I am disappointed you are not mature enough for this book.

[@sdruss83]

Battaille may be a genius but you clearly are not

[@milanmirkovic4420]

@@sdruss83 why did I hurt your feelings giving polite criticism to your favorite youtuber, that book is not a nowel it is not subject to opinion you either get it or you don't

[@nodoubtmisa]

polite criticism, you are so funny

[@milanmirkovic4420]

@@nodoubtmisa I ofended no one she is not mature enough for this book, I think you are not mature enough for my first comment.

[@acid3771]

This comment is so funny 💀