The Soul-Drinker and Other Decadent Fantasies by Jean Lorrain NYRB These are among the deep

These are among the deep questions that lie behind this rare triumph of the novelist’s art

580 color illustrations

they were conceived in the Dada spirit (Blumenfeld established the Dutch branch of Dada in 1918) and belong to its story

from poetic descriptions of the frozen landscape and harsh weather conditions to the necessity of finding shelter in vacant or abandoned houses and the intense loneliness of his solo excursion

The Soul-Drinker and Other Decadent Fantasies by Jean Lorrain NYRB These are among the deepThe Soul Drinker and Other Decadent Fantasies by Jean Lorrain, translated by Brian Stableford 265 page paperback from Snuggly Books ISBN 9781943813094 *** No other writer of the fin de sicle period undertook a more elaborate exploration of perversities and abnormalities than Jean Lorrain, and no one else went as far afield in the search for discoveries of that curious kind than he did. Perhaps, given the variety of human behavior, it was not possible