Locus Solus by Raymond Roussel
"Locus Solus" by Raymond Roussel is a novel published in 1914. A scientist named Martial Canterel invites colleagues to tour his estate, where he displays increasingly bizarre inventions. These include an aerial pile driver creating tooth mosaics, a water-filled glass diamond, and most remarkably, dead people revived with "resurrectine" who endlessly reenact their life's most crucial moments. The novel unfolds through detailed expositions followed by intricate explanations, creating a strange journey through
Canterel's extraordinary world of mechanical wonders and macabre spectacles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Roussel, Raymond, 1877-1933 |
|---|---|
| Title | Locus Solus |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_Solus |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 58.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| 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. | 19149 |
| Release Date | Aug 31, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 7, 2019 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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