Translating Laure
by Colette Peignot
01 Colette Peignot, 1903 – 1938
Re: Relationship with Georges Bataille. Book of collected writings called Laure, written by Georges Bataille’s once paramour Colette Peignot. For a time they lived together. She got tuberculosis, died in his house at 35. Had, it is said, by that time destroyed much of anything else she may have wrote, though…Continue reading
02 Laure: History of a Girl, by Colette Peignot
Checked means its been translated literally, thats all. A young girl’s eyes pierce the night. checked. In a long white chemise, illuminating, a corner wrapped in shadow, my noctabulant kneels half asleep mumbling before crucifix and Virgin. Pious images cover the walls, the kneeling sleeper readies herself for anything, glides…Continue reading