Jean Cocteau

Cocteau's novel Les Enfants Terribles, which was first published in 1929, holds an undisputed place among the classics of modern fiction.

The Holy Terrors

jack

this was very strange. this book took a little bit for me to get into the writing style but after about forty pages in i could not put it down. what a weird little book about the relationship between two siblings, their caustic imaginations, and their addiction. strangely beautiful, reminded me of a much tamer blue velvet or something else out of david lynch’s wheelhouse.

jooooo-riaan

Bizarre. I might have to read in the original language to make an actual judgement.

karalea

** spoiler alert **
           all i have to say is ... paul and elisabeth are truly enfants terribles ha ha damn ...

and is it just me or were there a lot of erotically charged scenes between them ? despite them not really doing that stuff but yikes

it’s really interesting though, how elisabeth hated the whole thing between paul and agatha, i felt like thats where a lot of the sexual undertones were from ... if that makes any sense

The Holy Terrors

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