description: At the novel's center is Durtal, a writer obsessed with the life of one of the blackest figures in history, Gilles de Rais — child murderer, sadist, necrophile and practitioner of all the black arts. The book's authentic, extraordinarily detailed descriptions of the Black Mass have never been surpassed.
language: English
title: Là-Bas
titlecomplete: Là-Bas
characters: Durtal, Madame Chantelouve
genres: Classics, France, 19th Century, Religion, Gothic, Literature, French Literature, Fiction, Horror, Occult
ratings_count: 4037
places: Paris
series: Durtal
publisher: Hippocrene Books