The Glutton

The Glutton
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1798, France. Nuns move along the dark corridors of a Versailles hospital where the young Sister Perpetué has been tasked with sitting with the patient who must always be watched. The man, gaunt, with his sallow skin and distended belly, is dying: they say he ate a golden fork, and that it’s killing him from the inside. But that’s not all—he is rumored to have done monstrous things in his attempts to sate an insatiable appetite…an appetite they say tortures him still.

Born in an impoverished village to a widowed young mother, Tarare was once overflowing with quiet affection: for the Baby Jesus and the many Saints, for his mother, for the plants and little creatures in the woods and fields around their house. He spends his days alone, observing the delicate charms of the countryside. But his world is not a gentle one—and soon, life as he knew it is violently upended. Tarare is pitched down a chaotic path through revolutionary France, left to the mercy of strangers, and increasingly, bottomlessly, ravenous.

This exhilarating, disquieting novel paints a richly imagined life for The Great Tarare, The Glutton of Lyon in 18th-century France: a world of desire, hunger and poverty; hope, chaos and survival. As in her cult hit The Manningtree Witches, Blakemore showcases her stunning lyricism and deep compassion for characters pushed to the edge of society in The Glutton, her most unputdownable work yet.

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  • Decem
    12-18
    Disgustingly poetic,读完这本我只能形容为sensual,把庸俗甚至恶心残忍的法国大革命前的村民后面的大胃王表演者的人生写的那么美,作者通过这样一个人物展现了一种"无法融入世界"的感觉:Tarare没有被爱过,没有受过教育,无法用语言表达对世界的认知。即便法国大革命轰轰烈烈地进行,他也置身事外,因为他没有接受过启蒙教育。尽管如此,他以一种生动的方式生存着(很久没有遇到一个让人如此共鸣的主角,也是第一次感受到与自己差异如此之大的主角产生共情)。他享受触觉带来的快乐:摸到鲜花和草地,仰望天空,感受被表演者朋友们偷来的丝绸的柔软和飘逸,夜晚走进森林边缘看到梨树仿佛是绿色的灯笼般甜美,以及喜欢男孩的嘴唇触感…感觉我整个人都被置身于法国革命前夕的色香味触觉的世界和mindset!!!
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