The Necrophiliac

The Necrophiliac
	First edition cover
Author	Gabrielle Wittkop
Original title	Le Nécrophile
Translator	Don Bapst
Country	France
Language	French
Genre	Erotic fiction; transgressive fiction;
Publisher	Régine Deforges
Publication date	1972
Published in English	2011
Media type	Print
Pages	167
OCLC	463479889
Dewey Decimal	843/.914
LC Class	PQ2683.I82 N4

The Necrophiliac (French: Le Nécrophile) is the debut novel by French writer, Gabrielle Wittkop (1920–2002), written in 1972.^[1] A transgressive, epistolary novel in the form of a diary, follows the life of Parisian necrophile, Lucien N. The middle-aged antique dealer appears normal to the outside world, but lives a secret life at night, searching for corpses to satisfy his macabre fetish, digging up bodies from Montparnasse Cemetery to the catacombs of Naples.^[2] The novel was not translated into English until 2011, by Don Bapst.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "Gabrielle Wittkop". The Independent. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ "Fiction Book Review: The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ "The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop – review". the Guardian. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ Wittkop-Ménardeau, Gabrielle (2011). The necrophiliac = Le nécrophile. Don Bapst. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55490-943-8. OCLC 733354532.

[1] "Gabrielle Wittkop". The Independent. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

[2] "Fiction Book Review: The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

[3] "The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop – review". the Guardian. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

[4] Wittkop-Ménardeau, Gabrielle (2011). The necrophiliac = Le nécrophile. Don Bapst. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55490-943-8. OCLC 733354532.

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