Written in 1913 this is a thoroughly decadent story of an unusual menage a trois which ends in a killing. It's filled with poets and artists and those special problems that sensitive people have. The last word on this magnificent period piece - bejewelled and opiated and splendidly over the top - belongs to one of its characters: 'It seems more like the vision of some brilliant onanist than reality'.Phil Baker in The Sunday Times
Lucio's Confession (Decadence from Dedalus)
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An enigmatic love triangle riddled with madness and jealousy, set in fin de siecle Paris and Lisbon, and its translation reopens a rich vein of fantastic literature. --Christopher Fowler in Time Out
Febrile, intense and innovative. --Nicholas Lezard in The Guardian
Febrile, intense and innovative. --Nicholas Lezard in The Guardian
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Mario de Sa-Carneiro s (1890-1916) work deal obsessively with the problems of identity, madness and solitude. A friend of Pessoa, who was his literary executor, he spent the last years of his life in Paris, where he was only marginally less bored than he was in Lisbon. He committed suicide when he was 26 by taking a large quantity of strychnine and died alone in excruciating pain, the unwitting friend he had invited to keep him company in death having rushed off in search of a doctor. One reason for his suicide was his father's squandering the family fortune and Sa-Carneiro was about to have his allowance stopped and return to provincial Lisbon. His father had taken up with a prostitute whom he had recently married, much to his son's chagrin. Marriage and women come out badly in his writing., where there is a strong repressed gay element.
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Written by Portugal's Mario de Sa-Carneiro between 1-27 September 1913, this contains the trademarks of his works, madness, solitude and identity. Three years later Mario was to take his own life after knowingly drinking strychnine.
This tale takes place in Paris and Lisbon of the fin de siecle, and the decadence of the period is clearly shown. Lucio has gone to Paris to study law, but is soon amongst the artistic community where he experiences the decadent movement and makes friends. He attends an oppulent party where a more or less sapphic orgy is being performed with the hostess making a dramatic exit, indeed reading between the lines she probably kills herself.
Eventually becoming better acquainted with Ricardo he finds himself having an intense affair with his wife. But knowing that she is also having affairs with others he finds himself obsessed with finding indications on her body of these people and using them to get closer to that person. But when Ricardo shoots his wife there is no body except his, dead and Lucio standing by. This is Lucio's confession written after he has served ten years in prison.
Surreal to a certain degree this looks forward to what Kafka would produce in the future, also the tale is highly erotic, mainly along the lines of homo-eroticism, which may discourage some from reading it. Considered by many to be Sa-Carneiro's masterpiece this is certainly something that is unforgettable.
This tale takes place in Paris and Lisbon of the fin de siecle, and the decadence of the period is clearly shown. Lucio has gone to Paris to study law, but is soon amongst the artistic community where he experiences the decadent movement and makes friends. He attends an oppulent party where a more or less sapphic orgy is being performed with the hostess making a dramatic exit, indeed reading between the lines she probably kills herself.
Eventually becoming better acquainted with Ricardo he finds himself having an intense affair with his wife. But knowing that she is also having affairs with others he finds himself obsessed with finding indications on her body of these people and using them to get closer to that person. But when Ricardo shoots his wife there is no body except his, dead and Lucio standing by. This is Lucio's confession written after he has served ten years in prison.
Surreal to a certain degree this looks forward to what Kafka would produce in the future, also the tale is highly erotic, mainly along the lines of homo-eroticism, which may discourage some from reading it. Considered by many to be Sa-Carneiro's masterpiece this is certainly something that is unforgettable.
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If you love modernist literature but are looking for something off the beaten track, definitely try this novel. Explicit, unnerving, and at times sentimental, it is still a fantastic read that I wholly enjoyed. It's also very short, easily read in a day or two. De Sa-Carneiro's protagonist goes through some interesting changes between the beginning and end of the novel, encouraging the reader to wonder what he is truly confessing to.
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