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Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician
Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician: A Neo-scientific Novel | Alfred Jarry, Simon Watson Taylor
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'The singular novel by the legendary author of the play, UBU ROI, is a book that can only be compared to Rabelais or Sterne. FAUSTROLL recounts the adventures of the inventor of PATAPHYSIC, the 'science of imaginary solutions.' Jarry would have found an audience more readily if he had simply written a work of science fiction, a symbolist narrative, a bawdy tale or a spriritual allegory. As it is, FAUSTROLL is all of these at the same time.' - Roger Shattuk
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“It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.“

Remembering my favourite pataphysician, Alfred Jarry, on his birthday.