Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath

A novel of decadence and mystic existentialism, "Fantazius Mallare" is a story of a mad recluse--a genius sculptor and painter who is at war with reason. Rather than commit suicide, his doting madness dictates that he must revolt against all evidence of life that exists outside himself. He destroys all of his work and then seeks out a woman who will devote herself to his Omnipotence. What follows is a glorious trek into a horrifying enlightening insanity. A notorious book that was rigidly suppressed when first published and its illustrator imprisoned on charges of obscenity. Limited to 2025 numbered copies, of which 2000 were for sale. who knows how many were destroyed. it is a remarkable volume . an amazing study of the real and unreal in human sex desire, the actual and the imaginary becoming weirdly entangled." - Bennett. The illustrations are no less remarkable than the text. Together, they present one of the most vivid explorations of madness, horror and ecstasy. Locke.