Rogomelec

The first translation of Leonor Finis voluptuous and antipatriarchal gothic novelOriginally published in French in 1979, Rogomelec was the third of Leonor Finis novels. All the qualities of the paintings for which she is famed can be found in it: an undermining of patriarchy, the ambiguities of gender and the slipperiness of desire, along with darker hints of cruelty and the voluptuousness of fear.This novellas ambiguous narrator sets off for the isolated locale of Rogomelecwhere a crumbling monastery serves as a sanatorium and offers a cure involving a diet of plants and flowersand moves through a waking dream of strangely scented monks, vibratory concerts in a cavernous ossuary and ritualist pomp with costumes of octopi and shining beetles. As the days unfold, the narrator discovers that the the celebration of the king is approaching, the events of which will lead to a shocking discovery in Rogomelecs Gothic ruins.This first English translatio