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On a stormy night in 1813, a doctor is called to the aid of two prostitutes in childbirth. To one is born a healthy girl, Henriette, to the other, what can only be described as a monster: a boy, Hercules, deaf-mute and hideously deformed, and with the power to read minds. This is a picaresque fable of the love that grows between Hercules and Henriette during their childhood, and which will entwine their fates for ever. Vallgren paints a cast of grotesques in a magical and atmospheric tour of nineteenth-century Europe: the swags and tails of the bordello, where Hercules is born; the phantasmagoria of the freak show, with which he travels; the sinister grandeur of the Jesuit monasteries, in which he finds both shelter and peril; the squalor of the asylum, where he finds only pain. The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot tells of social oppression, official corruption and religious persecution, but is, at its heart, a love story
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The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, Carl Johan Vallgren
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2005
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- État du livre
- Abîmé
- Prix
- 1,86 €
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Carl Johan Vallgren
- Éditeur
- Vintage
- Publié
- 2005
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 1843431513
- ISBN13
- 9781843431510
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Fantasy, Romans historiques, Aventure, Amour, Relations, Enfants, Cadeaux pour papy, Vie, 19e siècle, Moyen Âge, Vengeance, Littérature nordique, Destin, Suède, Église, Villes, Vienne, Littérature suédoise, Accouchement, Maisons closes
- Première publication
- 2002
- Titre original
- Vidunderliga kärlekens historia
- Évaluation
- 3,7 sur 5
- Description
- On a stormy night in 1813, a doctor is called to the aid of two prostitutes in childbirth. To one is born a healthy girl, Henriette, to the other, what can only be described as a monster: a boy, Hercules, deaf-mute and hideously deformed, and with the power to read minds. This is a picaresque fable of the love that grows between Hercules and Henriette during their childhood, and which will entwine their fates for ever. Vallgren paints a cast of grotesques in a magical and atmospheric tour of nineteenth-century Europe: the swags and tails of the bordello, where Hercules is born; the phantasmagoria of the freak show, with which he travels; the sinister grandeur of the Jesuit monasteries, in which he finds both shelter and peril; the squalor of the asylum, where he finds only pain. The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot tells of social oppression, official corruption and religious persecution, but is, at its heart, a love story