The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Octave Mirbeau's notorious 1899 novel, Torture Garden.
Dalkey Archive Press is bringing out his 21 Days of a Neurasthenic later this year -- see their publicity page, or pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk -- so I figured I might as well dip into some of this decadent stuff. (Next up: The Diary of a Chambermaid ....)
Interesting, too, to find that Auguste Rodin (!) illustrated an edition of the novel. The colors on that page don't seem quite right -- compare individual images here and here -- but some of those are damn good.
Dalkey Archive Press is bringing out his 21 Days of a Neurasthenic later this year -- see their publicity page, or pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk -- so I figured I might as well dip into some of this decadent stuff. (Next up: The Diary of a Chambermaid ....)
Interesting, too, to find that Auguste Rodin (!) illustrated an edition of the novel. The colors on that page don't seem quite right -- compare individual images here and here -- but some of those are damn good.