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The Vehement Flame: The Story of Stephen Edcott

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La llama vehemente es considerada su novela más exitosa, tras el ruido que provocó El caso del señor Crump. Esta novela agitó la llama de Artaud quién no dudó en lanzarse a su traducción en colaboración con Bernard Steele, con el ánimo de darlo a conocer a los lectores francófonos. La novela escandalizó a los críticos de la época: un texto cuya modernidad en cualquier caso, transcurrido casi un siglo, deja sin aliento. Lewisohn traza en ella, con una minuciosidad que no escatima en nada, el destino de unas parejas neoyorquinas entre la Belle Epoque y los locos años veinte. Personajes conformistas, excepto uno de ellos que se pasa el tiempo mintiendo a los demás claro, pero primero y sobre todo a sí mismo. El lector no se sorprende cuando uno de estos seres traicionados, cansado de todas estas pretensiones, saca una pistola del bolsillo y mata. No para castigar la infidelidad del amor, sino para permitir que el deseo se muestre finalmente sin máscara.

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First published January 1, 1930

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The protagonist has a lot to say about women, circa 1930. There’s the girl he married, who didn’t like sex and resented him for many chapters. She dies, eventually. Then there is the independent rich woman he has a fling with in the South of France, (after wife dies). Lots of sex, but no fun. She’s a feminist and a lost bored soul. Finally, there’s the wife of his poet friend, who goes and has an affair (not with protagonist). She’s the worst of the lot, and her daring to work for a living causes her to eroticize her office and sleep with her boss. Naturally, the poet’s got to kill him. And spout philosophical cant for many chapters thereafter.

Nothing about this book rings true, and the daring bits are boring nonsense. Fortunately, this one is very easy to avoid.
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