Reviews
This book about the notorious 15th-century serial killer of young children, written by France's famous connoisseur of transgression|9781878923028|, "This book about the notorious 15th-century serial killer of young children, written by France's famous connoisseur of transgression-the man the surrealist Andr Breton labeled an 'excremental philosopher'-represents a marriage not made in heaven, perhaps, but surely nowhere on this earth ... the fact is that The Trial of Gilles de Rais gives us Bataille at his most accessible-he had been trained as a medievalist librarian, after all-and is probably, taken in its entirety, the best thing now available in English on one of the most bizarre figures in European history." -- New York Times Book Review, "This book about the notorious 15th-century serial killer of young children, written by France's famous connoisseur of transgression-the man the surrealist André Breton labeled an 'excremental philosopher'-represents a marriage not made in heaven, perhaps, but surely nowhere on this earth ... the fact is that The Trial of Gilles de Rais gives us Bataille at his most accessible-he had been trained as a medievalist librarian, after all-and is probably, taken in its entirety, the best thing now available in English on one of the most bizarre figures in European history." -- New York Times Book Review, "This book about the notorious 15th-century serial killer of young children, written by France's famous connoisseur of transgressionthe man the surrealist Andre Breton labeled an 'excremental philosopher'represents a marriage not made in heaven, perhaps, but surely nowhere on this earth ... the fact is that The Trial of Gilles de Rais gives us Bataille at his most accessiblehe had been trained as a medievalist librarian, after alland is probably, taken in its entirety, the best thing now available in English on one of the most bizarre figures in European history." -- New York Times Book Review, "This book about the notorious 15th-century serial killer of young children, written by France's famous connoisseur of transgression-the man the surrealist Andr_ Breton labeled an 'excremental philosopher'-represents a marriage not made in heaven, perhaps, but surely nowhere on this earth ... the fact is that The Trial of Gilles de Rais gives us Bataille at his most accessible-he had been trained as a medievalist librarian, after all-and is probably, taken in its entirety, the best thing now available in English on one of the most bizarre figures in European history." -- New York Times Book Review, "This book about the notorious 15th-century serial killer of young children, written by France's famous connoisseur of transgression--the man the surrealist Andre Breton labeled an 'excremental philosopher'--represents a marriage not made in heaven, perhaps, but surely nowhere on this earth ... the fact is that The Trial of Gilles de Rais gives us Bataille at his most accessible--he had been trained as a medievalist librarian, after all--and is probably, taken in its entirety, the best thing now available in English on one of the most bizarre figures in European history." -- New York Times Book Review, "This book about the notorious 15th-century serial killer of young children, written by France's famous connoisseur of transgression--the man the surrealist André Breton labeled an 'excremental philosopher'--represents a marriage not made in heaven, perhaps, but surely nowhere on this earth ... the fact is that The Trial of Gilles de Rais gives us Bataille at his most accessible--he had been trained as a medievalist librarian, after all--and is probably, taken in its entirety, the best thing now available in English on one of the most bizarre figures in European history." -- New York Times Book Review
