Marked by powerful and evocative prose, Ferenc Barnas's novel tells
the fascinating story of a young man's journey through his strange
obsessions towards possible recovery. The unnamed narrator is the
parasite, feeding off others' ailments, but he is also a host who
attracts people with the most peculiar manias. He confesses, almost
amiably, his decadent attraction as a young adolescent to illnesses
and hospitals. The real descent into his private, hallucinatory
hell begins after his first sexual encounter; he becomes a
compulsive masturbator, and then a compulsive fornicator. But to
his horror, he realizes that casual sex is not casual at all for
him-each one-night stand results in insane jealousy: he imagines
previous lovers hovering over him every time he makes love to a
woman. When he gets to know a woman referred to as L., he thinks
his demons may have finally subsided. But when he hears of her
past, the jealousy returns. He seeks relief through writing-by
weaving an imagined tale of L.'s amorous adventures. What will he
do with this strange manuscript, and can it bring him healing? A
breathtaking blend of Dostoevskian visions, episodes of madness,
and intellectual fervor, all delivered in precise, lucid prose, The
Parasite is a novel that one cannot escape.
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