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The Necrophiliac (1972)

by Gabrielle Wittkop(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1550229435 (ISBN13: 9781550229431)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

ECW Press

review 1: The story centers around a necrophiliac and his lovers that he brings from the cemeteries. His love for them is uncompromising and inconsiderate. Naturally, the story is absurd, bizarre, repulsive and desecrating. But, at the same time, it's beautiful, describing a sublime element in something horrible. An expressive prose flows wonderfully and as a matter of fact the choice of description liberates it from being vulgar.The author describes the necrophiliac as between two worlds. He would like to live and to die, but can neither live nor die. The way he looks at death might be described as liberating. He perceives living people as if on their way, waiting for them. All flesh carries the seed to it's own destruction, as mentioned in the book. But to never be able to have so... moremething everlasting is a void, never being filled, and makes it possible to sympathize with him, whose life centers around a struggle to satisfy his repugnant needs. One after the other he has to get rid of them, however carefully he tries to preserve them. But what is really everlasting?Gabrielle Wittkop was an interesting author, known for her peculiar literary works. She vindicated a strong sexual indulgence and breach as the only way to give life meaning. Not surprisingly, she was a fan of Markis de Sade. Le nécrophile, published in 1972, was her debut novel.
review 2: I liked the dark, atmospheric quality of this book; very similar to a vampire novel. The writing and detail in this book was much appreciated and the diary entry format of this dark little novella makes the whole thing even more voyeuristic. As with all French erotica I've read, the protagonist and the sex was disgusting and perverse. It was also fairly plotless and acts mainly as a meditation on different types of people and grave robbing.0 stars for the subject matter2 stars for the writing and the detail 2/5 altogether less

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