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Theatre of Incest
Contributor(s): Arias-Misson, Alain (Author), Arias, Alain (Author)
ISBN: 1564784819     ISBN-13: 9781564784810
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
OUR PRICE:   $11.25  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2007026631
Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive)
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.04" W x 7.1" (0.31 lbs) 120 pages
 
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In normal, everyday tones, a story is told by the perpetrator of triple incest: first with his mother as a child and a young man, then with his daughter as he grows into mature manhood, and finally with his sister in middle age. This primeval fairytale burns with an icy passion as the narrator switches roles along with familial relationships. The quasi-metaphysical lucidity with which he pursues his odd fate is eerie, particularly in light of his apparent innocence as to the perverse nature of his taboo attachments, and the theatrical artifice with which he pursues them. In the end, his passionate desire is so earnest that the reader is left to wonder if he is truly a monster or an innocent: who is directing whom?