21 Days of a Neurasthenic Markus Werner a death that his executioners

a death that his executioners purposely intended to be prolonged and painful

and this is reflected in the novel’s artful narrative: life and death are reflections of each other

Finding himself raised up from the loneliness and darkness of what has gone before

Autoportrait is a physical

The Celebration won the 1975 Prêmio Jabuti

21 Days of a Neurasthenic Markus Werner a death that his executionersOctave Mirbeau, author of The Torture Garden and Diary of a Chambermaid, wrote this scathing novel on the cusp of the twentieth century. Driven mad by modern life, Georges Vasseur leaves for a rest cure, where he encounters corrupt politicians, amnesiac coquettes, cheerfully sadistic killers, imperialist generals, and quack psychiatrists. Hypocrites are eternal, and not much has changed since Mirbeau wrote this acid portrait of his era. Octave