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The Scorpion-Fish

The Scorpion-Fish

Bouvier, Nicolas

Paperback

Travel GeneralIndia & South AsiaIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1780600445
ISBN13: 9781780600444
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Published: Feb 24 2026
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

On an unnamed Island that can only be Ceylon, the traveller checks into his 117th rented room, abandoned by his lover, poor and feverish. A book on Indian insects deepens his morbid fascination with the crawling inhabitants of his room - 'a pretty world of killers' - barely distinguishable from the insect-like habitués of the local café, the charlatans and fake exorcists, the indolent landowners, merchants and priests. In this exhausted state, he grows antennae that are 'tensed between the real and the occult'. The distinction between fact and fiction is blurred, but in this world of the imagination truths are sometimes crystal clear. A long-dead, levitating priest and the beautiful but deadly scorpion-fish, symbol of Bouvier's ambivalent relationship with the Island, are but two of the spectres which eventually lose their hold on the author, releasing him back to life.

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