 First edition | |
| Author | Boris Vian |
|---|---|
| Original title | L'Arrache-cœur |
| Translator | Stanley Chapman |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Vrille |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1968 |
| Pages | 234 |
Heartsnatcher (French: L'Arrache-cœur) is a 1953 novel by the French writer Boris Vian. It tells the story of a psychoanalyst who is newly arrived in a very superstitious village where absurd events occur. The heartsnatcher of the title of this book was first seen in an earlier Vian novel Froth on the daydream. It is a macabre invention, an implement with which that traditional seat of our emotions can be gorily extracted. One victim of it is a philosopher named Jean-Sol Partre.[1]
- ^ Heartsnatcher. January 1989. Retrieved 2020-04-17 – via www.amazon.com.