Le Syndrome Nerval (Thrillers) (French Edition)
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He fell into obscurity after his death, but the Surrealists liked him and sort of "rehabilitated" his reputation in the early 20th century. These two novellas both center on the same theme: Our main character has a childhood sweetheart named Sylvie, and he is wishy-washy about her, doting on her, then focusing his attention on another girl, then coming back to Sylvie, and ultimately losing her because of his weakness and his preference for fantasy women over the reality of the woman at hand. I've rarely read any description of mental illness as lucid and beautiful as Nerval's.
It has fantastic imagery, like a giant woman's body being torn asunder, and a huge llama with wings being infused with molten metal to bring it alive mystical steampunk llama!!!
This was especially interesting to read just after having read "Byron in Love," because I'm pretty well-versed in the English Romantics but knew very little about the Romantic movement in France or other countries. I enjoyed it, but I'd only recommend this to people who have some patience with experimental fiction or people who are interested in first-hand accounts of mental illness probably either schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder.
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