Lobster

by Guillaume Lecasble, Polly McLean (translator)

108 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2023

About the author

Guillaume Lecasble was born in 1954. He started painting at the age of nineteen and had a first solo exhibition eleven years later. From his artwork—and particularly the portrait of a chorus of monks—he became inspired to experiment with new approaches to filmmaking. Various short films yielded a pair of characters (bonhomme & bonfemme) who then reincarnated themselves in a series of highly praised books for children. Painting continues to inspire and accompany his written and cinematographic work. Lobster, his first novel, was published to critical acclaim in France in 2003. His second novel, Cut, was published in 2004.

Reviews

[Izzy Brady · Rating 4 out of 5]

well i really enjoyed this. my one biggest qualm is that it ended with man (or kind of lobster i guess) eating woman. i prefer my endings to be woman eating man. also not a fan of the weird father daughter dynamic but that was barely relevant so. otherwise a fabulous journey. If I ever wrote a book I would want it to be like this.

[Goblin Nordheim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A first-lobster account of the sinking of the titanic, told by a lobster who survived the restaurant. Certainly the first of its kind
Bullet points: interspecies sexual relations, horrible tattoo hygiene, questionable father-daughter relations, (collective) suicide, cannibalism(?)

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinatingly weird and surprisingly poignant little book about the intersection of the lives of a traumatized young woman, a tattoo artist on the run, and a lobster who survived almost being cooked on the Titanic, from which none of them emerge unscathed. Every sentence is like a punch in the face. I absolutely cannot imagine a: reading this on a train, or b: the kind of children's books this man writes.

[Arielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well that was weird. 5 stars!

[Chelsea Oxendine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who wants to go get a tattoo with me? 🦞