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You've Lost a Lot of Blood

by Eric LaRocca

2022•EN
About the book

This nested horror novel follows siblings Tamsen and Presley, who are lured to an isolated mansion by a billionaire under the guise of an artistic residency. As they become trapped in a sadistic game, the narrative fractures into a meta-fictional structure. The book presents a collection of found materials: a novella about an aspiring poet and a serial killer, a series of disturbing poems, and a transcription of a video game script. These disjointed pieces coalesce to map the internal psyche of a creator obsessed with death and the physical reality of human suffering.

Followers of transgressive fiction and body horror choose this work for its graphic intensity and non-linear construction. It attracts those interested in the thin line between creative expression and actual violence. Readers finish the book with a sense of unease regarding the morality of consumption and the ways prose can be used to document physical trauma. It offers a bleak look at how artists utilize blood and pain as raw materials for their work, forcing an encounter with the visceral mechanics of the human body.

Details
Published
2022
Language
EN

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