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Necrophilia Variations
by
Supervert (Goodreads Author)
Fiction. NECROPHILIA VARIATIONS is a literary monograph on the erotic attraction to corpses and death. It consists of a series of texts that, like musical phrases, take up the theme and advance it by means of repetition, contrast, and variation.Written in a style that ranges from the lugubrious to the ludicrous--from purple prose to black humor--NECROPHILIA VARIATIONS uses...more
Paperback, 200 pages
Published
January 1st 2006
by Supervert 32c Inc.
(first published October 31st 2005)
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I've read and seen a lot of sick things and usually find that genre very fascinating, even enjoyable, so I thought that I could handle just about anything...but lo and behold, this book proved me wrong.
I read the first two chapters, which are available online at the book's website, and that was pretty much enough for me.
Very detailed, very disturbing. It's not the imagery of corpses that is unsettling, it's the mentality and rationale of the narrator that is completely disturbing. His way of exp...more
I read the first two chapters, which are available online at the book's website, and that was pretty much enough for me.
Very detailed, very disturbing. It's not the imagery of corpses that is unsettling, it's the mentality and rationale of the narrator that is completely disturbing. His way of exp...more
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It's a book of short stories full of sarcasm and black humor. At the beginning I though it will be a bit dull and ordinary, but as the book proceeds the stories get deeper and more poetic. The more you get into the book the more its filled only with philosophical metaphors written in a beautifully stylised english. Party the absurd humor may still be found there. There're parts where you laugh and parts where let's admit it's twisted, but the more you approach the end of the book the more its st...more
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I loved this book so much that I kept wondering what the hell was wrong with me every couple of pages.
You pick up a book that is called Necrophilia Variations, and it is safe to assume all the stories are going to be about having sex with the dead. But Necrophilia Variations, while it does include tales of sex with dead people, is more a collection of stories of people dealing with the confluence between sex and death. The notion of le petit mort is an idea that is not new, yet the idea that the sex impulse is closely linked to death is hard for many to swallow. Though visionaries and poets, lik...more
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I will admit that I had to force myself through the first three stories of this book. It took that long to be able to adjust my mentality enough to be willing to actually read what was written and not just focus on how taboo the subject matter is.
But once I was past that I was able to focus on how attractive the prose appears. It's attractive on the same level as the prose of Nabokov's Lolita. The writing is beautiful, but sometimes it tries to hard - almost as if you can tell when the author/s...more
But once I was past that I was able to focus on how attractive the prose appears. It's attractive on the same level as the prose of Nabokov's Lolita. The writing is beautiful, but sometimes it tries to hard - almost as if you can tell when the author/s...more
I can't really explain what it is that draws me to things that might shock (my age, generation, blah blah), but I'm far more curious about people who aren't drawn to such things. Those who speed up at car crash scenes. What is wrong with them? A few of the reviews here reflect such a mentality, suggesting that NV invaded a previously pure area of their brain, and would be flying that black and white flag for the rest of their now corrupted lives. But I didn't find any shock value in NV. I found...more
This marks my 200th review here in GOODREADS =P
I am in love with this book! I cannot comprehend how much I love this inanimate object. Maybe it is a form of necrophilia itself, loving a book made out of dead leaves and pulp. I cannot stop reading this book. Sometimes I force myself to literally stop this book from taking over my mind. I read this book like the Bible, only some parts at a time because I wanna savor everything it has to offer me. I have never loved a book like this. I always want...more
I am in love with this book! I cannot comprehend how much I love this inanimate object. Maybe it is a form of necrophilia itself, loving a book made out of dead leaves and pulp. I cannot stop reading this book. Sometimes I force myself to literally stop this book from taking over my mind. I read this book like the Bible, only some parts at a time because I wanna savor everything it has to offer me. I have never loved a book like this. I always want...more
In parts it feels like an edgy college student taking creative writing wrote it. Occasionally, you'll find a gem. I really do consider this to be a lost opportunity and the idea extremely interesting. Two starts because 20% was worth reading.
What you have here is about thirty short stories dealing with death and lust. There is not much of undead erotica itself, mostly it's just the characters trying to reason their deviations and dealing with the issues that come with it.
The style throughout the book was varied enough to keep me interested. Some of the stories were really funny, some more thought provoking, etc. Of course there were a few that I did not care for too much but overall the quality was quite good.
I think the book offers...more
The style throughout the book was varied enough to keep me interested. Some of the stories were really funny, some more thought provoking, etc. Of course there were a few that I did not care for too much but overall the quality was quite good.
I think the book offers...more
There is one similarity between Necrophilia Variations and a good children's book: a penchant for exquisite presentation.
The little black gem came wrapped in crisp cardboard with a note/bookmark that introduces the reader to who (or what) Supervert is and does. [The elusive human behind Supervert 32C Inc was nice enough to sign the tome for me]. This book impresses from the first time you pick it up because it is very hefty &dense compared to what you would expect from a little paperback...more
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Necrophilia Variations could have easily been a heavy handed exploration in torture porn. Instead it explored necrophilia in a new way - in all its subtleties, nuances, and flavors - there are less stories here of fucking dead bodies (though there are a few) and more of husbands wanting to reconnect with wifes hooked up to machines, of a man digging up of a coffin to make love to his gothic girlfriend in, of searching for prostitutes for a dying friend. It's definitely gruesome but there's a ten...more
Pretty fantastic. It's a great collection of morbid short fiction and well written. I enjoyed it greatly, even if the subject matter was often a bit more extreme than I have a taste for.
AMAZING! Various essays/short stories looking at different aspects of the fascination with death, morbidity, and sexuality. Forces you to look at things from a perspective you maybe never considered. beautifully written. i found it in a san fransisco book shop and i'm so glad i picked it up. *only* for the open-minded person not afraid of challenging your imagination with the seriously dark and unconventional. this is a book i will read again.
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I loved this book so much.
Confessions of A Skull Mask was definitely my favorite and I could read it over and over and over again.
Confessions of A Skull Mask was definitely my favorite and I could read it over and over and over again.
This book. This book right here is everything I thought it would be and everything I thought it wouldn't. And when you read this collection of stories you'll understand that last sentence. Love, sex and death all have sort of the same kind of end results. The way the author meanders in and through each of these things we all experience you are left with a wonderful, slightly unnerving but beautiful novel.
This is going to be a postmodern classic, challenging the reader's morality and subjectivity. Everyone should read this at least once; no matter if one hates it or loves it, it is thought-provoking and full of morbid humor.
this book helped me accept my necrophile side and see it on people around me, including the living ones.
There were some misses in this work of art however, overall this book was hellishly funny!
For people who like all of the perversity of JG Ballard without all of the social commentary and philosophical insight, there's Necrophilia Variations. Don’t get me wrong— I enjoyed Necrophilia Variations, but in the same way that I enjoy a perverse, screwed up movie. It’s a book filled with dirty fun, morbid little tales: a man calls in a hooker for his terminally ill friend and ends up with a dominatrix, a morbid woman wants to make love in a coffin and ends up snagging her hair on the handle,...more
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