| Mygale Contributor(s): Jonquet, Thierry (Author), Nicholson-Smith, Donald (Translator) |
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ISBN: 087286409X ISBN-13: 9780872864092 Publisher: City Lights Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: "Mygale" [MIG-uh-lee] n.: a genus of large tropical spiders. . . . Richard Lafargue, a well-known plastic surgeon, pursues and captures Vincent Moreau, who raped Lafargue's daughter and left her hopelessly mad in an asylum. Lafargue is determined to exact an atrocious vengeance, and an ambiguous, even sadomasochistic relationship develops between self-appointed executioner and victim. "Great art in nightmarish darkness."-Michel Lebrun Thierry Jonquet (b. 1954, Paris) is an exponent of the hardboiled style of French noir that is inflected by postMay 1968 politics and social critique. His crime novels and children's books have garnered many literary prizes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002073842 |
| Series: City Lights Noir |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 4.96" W x 7.42" (0.28 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unsettling novel inspired Pedro Almodovar's acclaimed film The Skin I Live In. * * * Mygale MIG-uh-lee] n.: a genus of large tropical spiders . . . A highly successful plastic surgeon pursues and captures the man who raped his daughter. He is determined to exact an atrocious vengeance, and an ambiguous, even sadomasochistic relationship develops between self-appointed executioner and victim. Swift and spare, suspenseful and thought-provoking, Mygale puts the gothic spirit back in the noir canon while introducing unique twists on notions of desire, identity, loss and restitution. Thierry Jonquet (1954 - 2009) is an exponent of the hardboiled style of French noir that is inflected by post-May 1968 politics and social critique. His crime novels and children's books have garnered many literary prizes. |