21 Days of a Neurasthenic Markus Werner and this is reflected in

and this is reflected in the novel’s artful narrative: life and death are reflections of each other

"You keep reading this hypnotic novel the way a sleeping person wants to keep dreaming

and circus sideshow masquerading as a collection of short stories

a death that his executioners purposely intended to be prolonged and painful

The long-awaited final work and magnum opus of one of the United States's greatest authors

21 Days of a Neurasthenic Markus Werner and this is reflected inOctave Mirbeau, author of The Torture Garden and Diary of a Chambermaid, wrote this scathing novel on the cusp of the twentieth century. Driven mad by modern life, Georges Vasseur leaves for a rest cure, where he encounters corrupt politicians, amnesiac coquettes, cheerfully sadistic killers, imperialist generals, and quack psychiatrists. Hypocrites are eternal, and not much has changed since Mirbeau wrote this acid portrait of his era. Octave