| Monstruary Translated Edition Contributor(s): Rios, Julian (Author), Grossman, Edith (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810119757 ISBN-13: 9780810119758 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: In "Monstruary," Julian Rios takes us into the eerie existence of the painter Victor Mons, who has created a menagerie of personal demons summoned from the disturbing and often erotic images of his past. We follow Mons on nocturnal outings and infernal escapades as he encounters fiendish figures, otherworldly phantasms, and the beautiful models and prostitutes who serve as his muses. Rios calls up all the monsters of the Western world-from classical antiquity to the silver screen, from the Minotaur to Dracula-and collapses the boundaries between reality and imagination. With playful and inventive language, he shows the dark side of the human heart and the strange places where life and art overlap. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002069083 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.53" W x 8.48" (0.69 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In Monstruary, Juli n R os takes us into the eerie existence of the painter Victor Mons, who has created a menagerie of personal demons summoned from the disturbing and often erotic images of his past. We follow Mons on nocturnal outings and infernal escapades as he encounters fiendish figures, otherworldly phantasms, and the beautiful models and prostitutes who serve as his muses. R os calls up all the monsters of the Western world-from classical antiquity to the silver screen, from the Minotaur to Dracula-and collapses the boundaries between reality and imagination. With playful and inventive language, he shows the dark side of the human heart and the strange places where life and art overlap. |