Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, pataphysician
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Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, pataphysician (original title in French: Gestes et opinions du docteur Faustroll pataphysicien : Roman néo-scientifique suivi de Spéculations) is a novel by French surrealist author Alfred Jarry
. The book was published in 1911. The book features Doctor Faustroll (an allusion to Doctor Faustus
), born in 1898 in Circassia
at the age of 63 (!), and who dies the same year at the same age.
Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side....
. The book was published in 1911. The book features Doctor Faustroll (an allusion to Doctor Faustus
Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical...
), born in 1898 in Circassia
Circassia
Circassia was an independent mountainous country located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia and was the largest and most important country in the Caucasus. Circassia was located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea...
at the age of 63 (!), and who dies the same year at the same age.