Isidore: A Novel About the Comte De Lautreamont

by Jeremy Reed

An imaginative novel recreating the life of Isidore Ducasse, the self-styled Comte de Lautreamont who he died under mysterious circumstances in 1871. He left almost no clues to his existence, except the explosive, astonishing prose poem, Les Chants de Maldoror, precursor to the works of the Surrealists. Reed evokes a fictional life of the notorious Comte extraordinary for its concentration of poetic power and for its excursions into the psychological hells of the underworld. In identifying himself with Lautreamont, he succeeds in an uncanny impersonation of the style of that morbid youth, obsessed with decay."" - The Times. ""Written in a lush, elegant prose...a satisfying work of biography."" - Bloomsbury Review.

Genres: Ebooks, Fiction

150 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel by Jeremy Reed provides more proof as
to why my mum always used to freak out if he
phoned me at home and she answered, there was
something in his voice that always creeped mum
out. So Reading Jeremy's take on the secret life
of Isidore Ducasse who was also known as Le Comte
De Lautremont seems to bear out mum's every fear,
as we are taken back in time to just prior to the
french revolution to meet Isidore in Montevideo
and Paris where he is being educated but has
urges within him to go and witness slaughter and
violence off all kinds and is drawn to
Masochistic sex, and the anonimty of the carnival
mask.
The book is beautifully written and I didn't need
a dictonary by my side half as much as the last
of Jeremy's books I read. Sorry I can't find the
book to be able to say which of his novels it was.
Well if you like reading about the inner most
sexual desires of some very depraved libertines
then this will be up your street.
It also makes me want to go out and find the
books the real Isidore wrote as Lautremont.

[Sinem A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bu yazar ele aldığı yazarı bir voodoo büyüsüyle yeniden diriltip, onun kafasının içine girip, onun tarzını alıp yeniden şekillendiriyor sanki

[Mark · Rating 1 out of 5]

Shit.

[A13 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Вычурные хитросплетения слов, через которые я продирался с трудом, периодически засыпая. Вымышленная история жизни Изидора Дюкасса, написанная в стиле его Песен Мальдорора, но намного длиннее и утомительнее.
Роман больше визуальный, чем сюжетный, сплошной символизм и странные сцены.