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description: A darkly funny surreal novel set in Chile and Peru Albina and the Dog Men is Alejandro Jodorowskys sprawling modern myth in which sexual desire appears as a dangerous and generative force that mutates and transforms unraveling identities and rending the social and moral fabric of a small town.Written with the stunning vision and cinematic flair he brought to his cult 1970s psychedelic freak-out films El Topo and Holy Mountain Jodorowsky turns the classic stranger-comes-to-town narrative on its head in his novel Albina and the Dog Men. When two women an amnesiac albino giantess and a woman called The Crab arrive in this South American desert town their otherworldly allure and unfettered sensuality and turns men into wild animals.A modern day Kafka story on hallucinogens with strong doses of mysticism and horror Albina and the Dog Men reads like an ancient folk tale whispered at night fused with an urgent critique of contemporary society. Its essence is dark magical realism that throws into question the nature of what it is to be human.The man of his time which is to say our time A shaman and apprentice always polemical often wild ubiquitous and cosmopolitan A wild story with eroticism nasty insults nudity sexuality lyricism and a magical-scatological aura.ENcontrARTEJodorowsky uses his fertile imagination to present a mixed bag of historical and imaginary characters such as the Inca King Atahualpa and a cast of half-humans and half-beasts that possess magical powers Very well crafted Strongly recommended.Publishers WeeklyOne of the most important Latin American writers An almost cinematic story a novel that becomes more magical and mysterious each time a new page is turned An impassioned and carnal novel like few that have been as well received by the general public.Area LibrosLucid as few members of his generation are Alejandro Jodorowsky has published Albina and the Dog Men [which has] the aesthetic he made a show of in Where the Bird Sings Best: extreme magical realism to the limits of sexuality and spirituality In in the classic format of adventure novels Jodorowsky proposes a search for the philosophy of sex through a literature that aims more for healing than for aesthetics. As Antonio Escohotado showed the road toward beatitude starts with well-prepared genitals. And Jodorowsky knows it.ProscritosAlbina and the Dog Men is a fantastical novel that goes far beyond the readers mere entertainment Jodorowsky looks to break mental and psychological taboos that prevent many people from being themselves Only the life experience of a psychological maestro like Alejandro Jodorowsky could give birth to this excellent novel. Enjoy it!Lux AteneaAlejandro Jodorowsky was born to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants in Tocopilla Chile. From an early age he became interested in mime and theater; at the age of 23 he left for Paris to pursue the arts and has lived there ever since. A friend and companion of Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor he founded the Panic movement and has directed several classic films of this style including The Holy Mountain El Topo and Santa Sangre. A mime artist specialist in the art of tarot and prolific author he has written novels poetry short stories essays and over thirty successful comic books working with such highly regarded comic book artists as Moebius and Bess. Restless Books will be publishing three of Jodorowsky's best-known books for the first time in English: Donde mejor canta un pjaro (Where the Bird Sings Best) El nio del jueves negro (The Son of Black Thursday) and Albina y los hombres perro (Albina and the Dog Men).
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title: Albina and the Dog Men
publisher: Restless Books