Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, pataphysician

Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, pataphysician

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.

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