{"product_id":"correspondence-georges-bataille-and-michel-leiris-by-georges-bataille-9781803091914","title":"Correspondence – Georges Bataille and Michel Leiris","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluding a number of short essays by Bataille and Leiris on aspects of the other's work as well as excerpts on Bataille from Leiris' diaries, this collection of correspondence throws new light on two of Surrealism's most radical dissidents.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the autumn of 1924, just before André Breton published the \u003cem\u003eManifeste du surréalisme\u003c\/em\u003e, two young men met in Paris for the first time. Georges Bataille, 27, started work at the Bibliothèque Nationale; Michel Leiris, 23, began his studies in ethnology. Within a few months, they were both members of the Surrealist group, although their adherence to Surrealism (unlike their affinities with it) would not last long: in 1930 they were among the signatories of \"Un cadavre,\" the famous tract against Breton, the \"Machiavelli of Montmartre,\" as Leiris put it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut their friendship would endure for more than 30 years, and their correspondence, assembled here for the first time in English, would continue until the death of Bataille in 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460544413932,"sku":"9781803091914","price":46.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781803091914-correspondence-georges-bataille-and-michel-leiris.jpg?v=1774949592","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/correspondence-georges-bataille-and-michel-leiris-by-georges-bataille-9781803091914","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}