The Necrophiliac
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Author | Gabrielle Wittkop |
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Original title | Le Nécrophile |
Translator | Don Bapst |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Genre | |
Publisher | Régine Deforges |
Publication date | 1972 |
Published in English | 2011 |
Media type | |
Pages | 167 |
OCLC | 463479889 |
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.
Categories:
- 1972 French novels
- 1972 debut novels
- French erotic novels
- Novels about necrophilia
- Epistolary novels
- Novels set in Paris
- Novels set in Naples