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'''''Story of the Eye''''' ({{lang-fr|L'histoire de l'œil}}) is a 1928 [[novella]] written by [[Georges Bataille]], as a psychoanalytical task, that details the increasingly bizarre [[Human sexuality|sexual]] [[perversion]]s of a pair of teenage lovers. It is narrated by the young man looking back on his exploits.
==Cultural references==
*Singer/songwriter [[Björk]] was inspired by this book. See for example the music video to her song "[[Venus as a Boy]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.swipnet.se/~w-10797/bjork/bio2.htm |title="How it all started...": A biography of Bjork |website=SWIPnet.se |
*The band [[Of Montreal]] refers to this book in the lyrics of the song "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal": "I fell in love with the first cute girl that I met, Who could appreciate Georges Bataille, Standing at a Swedish festival discussing ''Story of the Eye'', Discussing ''Story of the Eye''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858624057/ |title=of Montreal – The Past Is a Grotesque Animal |website=[[SongMeanings]] |accessdate=28 July 2012}}</ref>
*The band [[Eyehategod]] recorded a song called "Story of the Eye" (later included on the album [[Southern Discomfort (Eyehategod album)|''Southern Discomfort'']]).
==References==
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