Fiction. Translated from the Czech by David Short, with
illustrations by Kamil Lhotak. Written in 1935 at the height of
Czech Surrealism but not published until 1945, VALERIE AND HER WEEK
OF WONDERS is in essence a parable of menstruation, a bizarre
erotic fantasy of a young woman's maturation into womanhood.
Drawing on Matthew Lewis's The Monk, Marquis de Sade's Justine,
K.H. Macha's May, F. W. Murnau's film Nosferatu, as well as the
language of pulp serial novels, Nezval has constructed a lyrical,
menacing dream of sexual awakening involving a vampire with a taste
for chicken blood, changelings, a lecherous priest, a malicious
grandmother desiring her lost youth, and an androgynous merging of
brother with sister. This edition is accompanied by the original's
six black and white illustrations from Kamil Lhotak, a member of
the avant-garde Group 42. Be sure to see Nezval's other books,
ANTILYRIC and EDITION 69, both currently available from SPD.
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