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1903 novel by John Antoine Nau From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Force ennemie (1903; English: Enemy Force) is a novel by French author John Antoine Nau. It won the inaugural Prix Goncourt in 1903.[1]
Author | John Antoine Nau |
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Language | French |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publication date | 1903 |
Publication place | France |
Media type | |
Awards | Prix Goncourt |
In 2010, Michael Shreve adapted it into English as Enemy Force.[2]
The main character is a poet who mysteriously wakes up in a rubber room, locked away in a lunatic asylum, apparently at the request of a relative, due to alcoholism or perhaps jealousy.[3][1] He becomes possessed by an "alien force" from another planet, Kmôhoûn, whose crazy voice is constantly screaming in his head.[3][1] He then falls in love with a female inmate, Irene, but she leaves, and so he follows her to the ends of the earth, while the alien force cohabits his body.[3][1]
The novel won the inaugural Prix Goncourt in 1903.[1] It was only a mediocre success, but it did not prevent the president of the academy, Joris-Karl Huysmans, to say much later: "It is still the best we have crowned". In 1906, Paul Léautaud said "The Prix Goncourt has really only been given once—the first time to Nau".[3]
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