{"product_id":"the-tower-of-love-9781962728003","title":"The Tower of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A captivating exercise in intriguing symbolism.\" --John Taylor, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jean Maleux, a young sailor, is appointed assistant keeper of the Ar-Men lighthouse off the coast of Brittany, he is drawn into a dark world of physical peril, sexual obsession and necrophilia. The lighthouse is home to the eccentric, embittered keeper Mathurin Barnabas: an irascible and grizzled old man who appears to be more animal than human.\u003cbr\u003eTime passes in alternating stages of mind-numbing monotony and bouts of horror as our hero struggles against the endless assaults of wind and loneliness, with only his duties and his mute companion for distraction. The sea evolves into a wild force and the lighthouse itself into a monster that Jean must tame if he is to survive. First published in French in 1899 and never before translated, \u003ci\u003eThe Tower of Love\u003c\/i\u003e will be of keen interest to readers of Decadent, Symbolist and Romantic horror fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachilde\u003c\/b\u003e was the pen name of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (1860-1953). She was the only female writer for the literary journal \u003ci\u003eLe decadent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie C. Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of Global Languages \u0026amp; Cultures at Texas A\u0026amp;M University. She is the translator of Rachilde's novels \u003ci\u003eThe Juggler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMonsieur V?nus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899252904210,"sku":"9781962728003","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_193b5f00-35d4-40d8-af4f-ac8a9f9d3992.jpg?v=1738349525","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tower-of-love-9781962728003","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}