De Sade's Valet
by Nikolaj Frobenius
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In 18th-century Honfleur, a child is born with a terrifying destiny before him. His name is Latour, and he is incapable of feeling pain. Obsessed by his abnormality and fascinated by the mysteries of pain, Latour loses himself in a spiral of murder, and dissection, trying to fathom the secrets of the human body. Finally he meets the infamous Marquis de Sade, whose faithful servant and accomplice he becomes. 'A classic of our time.' -L'Hebdo Litteraire 'An atmosphere strongly reminiscent of show more Suskind'sPerfume. A tour de force in horror from which it is impossible to escape.' -Questions de Femmes 'An atmosphere strongly reminiscent of Suskind'sPerfume. A tour de force in horror from which it is impossible to escape.' -Questions de Femmes Born in Olso in 1965,Nikolaj Frobenius has worked as a scriptwriter for both the theatre and cinema. show lessTags
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bluepiano Altogether different in content and style it but it too is a very good fictional treatment of a real person in the same household.
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Kniha stejně zběsilá a horečnatá jako sám život na okraji francouzské společnosti v dobách rodícího se libertinství a osvícenského materialismu. Pro Latoura představuje okolní svět jedno velké "theatrum anatomicum"; jeho bezmezná posedlost stavbou lidského těla a zejména fungováním mozku vychází z vrozené anomálie spočívající v neschopnosti cítit bolest - atmosféra prostředí plného nenávisti a morálního úpadku ("Všechno se děje z nutnosti, dobro a zlo jsou jen prvky nutnosti." s. 110) však tuto obsesi ještě umocňují a dávají volný průchod sériovým vraždám, prostřednictvím nichž si Latour obstarává orgány, které posléze pitvá a studuje ve snaze objevit centrum bolesti. show more Děsivá výpověď o tom, že "tělesná bolest je jediným důkazem toho, že člověk není zcela sám" (s. 175) a že "na pitevním stole jsou všichni stejně oškliví" (s. 96). show less
May 9, 2012Czech
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- Canonical title*
- De catalogus van Latour
- Original title
- Latours katalog
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters*
- Latour Martin Quiros; D.A.F. de Sade
- Important places
- Paris, France
- First words*
- Vele jaren geleden leefde er aan de kust van Normandië, in het havenplaatsje Honfleur, een vrouw die erg lelijk was.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)De enige macht die mij nog rest, is de stilte.
- Original language*
- Noors
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 839.823 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Danish and Norwegian literatures Norwegian literature Norwegian Bokmål fiction
- LCC
- PT8951.16 .R57 .L38 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Norwegian literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- 10 — Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian
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