Lucifer
Lucifer by Maurice Magre, published by Hollywood Comics in November 2017, is a compelling addition to the realm of fantastic fiction. This edition spans 308 pages and is presented in English. The book features two works: the novel Lucifer and the novella The Night of Hashish and Opium, both originally published in 1929. The novel delves into themes of demonic possession and the consequences of a diabolical pact, exploring the narrator’s struggle against forces that challenge his understanding of reality.
Readers will encounter a narrative that intricately examines the psychological implications of possession, as well as the complexities of morality and evil. The novella, set in India, introduces a young divorcée ensnared in a magical trap, adding layers of fantasy to the collection. This volume, part of a twelve-book series dedicated to Magre’s works, showcases the author’s imaginative prowess and his ability to evoke discomfort and contemplation in his audience.
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Maurice Magre (1877-1941) was one of the most far-ranging and extravagant French writers of fantastic fiction in the first half of the 20th century, and perhaps the finest of them, because of the fertility and versatility of his imagination and the manner and purpose for which he deployed it.
This volume, the seventh of a series of twelve dedicated to Magre’s works, contains the novel Lucifer and the novella The Night of Hashish and Opium (both 1929). The former reads as a kind of confession exploring a demonic possession resulting from a casually-made diabolical pact–which might or might not be entirely subjective and psychological. The Church is at best impotent, at worst in tacit alliance with the forces of evil and the narrator is forced to find his own way out of his predicament–if he can.
As an account of metaphorical possession, it is detailed with a persuasive conviction, if one regards its essential purpose as that of sowing a discomfort in the reader’s mind similar to one experienced by the author.
In The Night of Hashish and Opium set in India, a young, lovely, divorcée is caught in a magical trap by men who bet that they could force the beautiful woman who once turned them down to dance in the magical temple of Chillambaram.
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