Blue of Noon
Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Georges Bataille |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Bleu du Ciel |
| Translator | Harry Mathews |
| Language | French |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | Jean-Jacques Pauvert |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1978 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 155 |
| ISBN | 9780893960049 |
| OCLC | 4655848 |
| 843.912 | |
| Preceded by | Manet |
| Followed by | La 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.