Author(s): Roussel, Raymond
Pages: 256
Year: 2017-03-28
Publisher: New Directions
URL: https://www.amazon.com/Locus-Solus-Raymond-Roussel/dp/081122645X?Subscripti…
ISBN: 081122645X
Abstract: Book Description: An intoxicating sui generis novel by 'the greatest mesmerist of modern times' (André Breton) The wealthy scientist Martial Canterel guides a group of visitors through his expansive estate, Locus Solus, where he displays his various deranged inventions, each more spectacular than the last. First, he introduces a machine propelled by the weather, which constructs a mosaic out of varying hues of human teeth, then shows a hairless cat charged with a powerful electric battery, and next a bizarre theater in which corpses are reanimated with a special serum to enact the most important movements of their past lives. Wondrously imaginative and narrated with Roussel’s deadpan wit, Locus Solus is unlike anything else ever written.
Category: Fiction
Location: Arnhem
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