Ebook {Epub PDF} Locus Solus by Raymond Roussel

Locus Solus is not a story in any conventional sense, but consists of a series of surreal vignettes (Roussel was an inspiration to the Surrealists) set in the villa of the fabulously rich and brilliant Master Canterel. Its panoply of mad scientific devices seems like hallucinatory transformations of the machines imagined by Jules Verne/5(15). Locus Solus by Raymond Roussel - Goodreads Locus Solus is not a story in any conventional sense, but consists of a series of surreal vignettes (Roussel was an inspiration to the Surrealists) set in the villa of the fabulously rich and brilliant Master Canterel. Its panoply of mad scientific devices seems like hallucinatory transformations of the. Reading Locus Solus is like having walked into a surrealist painting. As one explores the painting bit by bit, several fascinating stories behind the visuals are revealed. Roussel takes the reader on a tour of an estate with wildly imaginative and bizarre inventions and /5.

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‎An intoxicating sui generis novel by “the greatest mesmerist of modern times” (André Breton) The wealthy scientist Martial Canterel guides a group of visitors through his expansive estate, Locus Solus, where he displays his various deranged inventions, each more spectacular than the last.. Roussel, Raymond, Title: Locus Solus Language: French: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Science fiction Subject: Scientists -- Fiction Subject: Inventions -- Fiction Subject: French fiction -- 20th century Category: Text: EBook-No. Release Date: : Copyright Status. Locus Solus is a French novel by Raymond Roussel.