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Theatre of Incest
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?
Details
ISBN-10
1564784819
ISBN-13
9781564784810
Publication Date
Dec 2007
Nb of pages
120
Excerpt
Entrance Window
When, as a child, I first caught sight of my mother naked, I thought she was being punished. The rain was beating on the roof of my troubled dreams, and the thunder roaring, raging. I was frightened. My bedroom window looked out across the long driveway into the trees, and it was dark, the trees quaking like ghosts. I wanted my Mother, I wanted to pee. I began crying and got out of bed, wandering down the dark corridor and then along the balcony that looked down into the living room, Mummy! Mummy! But my voice was smothered by the storm and the howling wind. Then a flash lit up everything like bright day and I saw them below for an instant, both pale and raw-looking. My father was doing something terrible to my mother, humping and jerking on top of her, and she was crying and groaning. I was filled with amazement. Then I went back to bed very quietly, although I wanted my Mother even more than before. I lay awake for a long time but I was no longer frightened of the storm. ...more
ReviewsQuotations
Alain Arias-Misson has lovingly polished his unsettling dark familial jewel until it shines as brightly as those brilliant gems of his precursors, connoisseurs of incest, Fernando Arrabal, Pierre Klossowski, and Mario Vargas Llosa.
-Walter Abish
Arias-Misson is a truly 'mid-Atlantic' literary artist, an heir to both worlds, publishing pieces both verbal and visual, here and abroad.
-Richard Kostelanetz
Arias-Misson may be the most innovative writer around today, he is not just innovative. He also happens to be one of the truest mirrors flashing out there.
-Eugene Wildman WE ALSO SUGGEST
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