His father felix, who was an interpreter with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken arabic, was killed in 1916 in the dardanelles. I discovered this novel in the original french, and changed it completely, creating new characters and so forth. Robert merle, 95, goncourt prize winner the new york times. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Gender flipped in robert merles novel the virility factor, where, after gendercide killed most of the men in the world, the male protagonist has to deal with catcalling female construction workers, who eventually assult him sexually. Other novels included malevil, and les hommes proteges the virility factor. The virility factor by robert merle fantastic fiction. Merles version owes more to that classic italian novel the promise than to the usual potboilers of historical fiction. I know im alone in this but i hated the road by mccarthy. Robert merle 28 august 1908 28 march 2004 was a french novelist biography. Robert merle, 95, the awardwinning french author of the novel that inspired mike nichols motion picture the day of the dolphin, died saturday of natural causes at his home in the yvelines.
Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The virility factor is another example of a great idea that could have evolved into a great book but instead devolved into a hot, weird mess. Heres a chart of the top postapocalyptic science fiction books, and when. Robert merle a sexlinked disease kills potent men and engenders a world in which women are the masters and movers. Born in tebessa in french occupied algeria, he moved to france in 1918. Ablationists ahead anita answered arms asked audrey barracks barrow bedford bess bladderstir blueville brows burage replied burages cafeteria caladium castration chouchka codpiece course crawford cresby dave deborah grimms defromont desk doctor door ears. A virulent epidemic, encephalitis 16, menaces the country. Gender flipped in robert merles novel the virility factor, where, after gendercide killed most of the men in the world, the male protagonist has to deal with catcalling female construction workers, who eventually assault him sexually.
When the cure for the disease is discovered, it falls, and the society starts treating the remaining men as sex objects. Young merle and his mother moved to paris, where he attended three lycees and the sorbonne a professor of english literature at several universities, in 1939 during world war ii merle was. Other novels included the apocalyptic tale malevil, and the science fiction work les hommes proteges the virility factor. Ebook robert merle as pdf download portable document format. A lively, lusty, and swashbuckling revisionist tale of 16thcentury rome whose heroinedismissed by earlier writers as diabolicalis fulsomely rehabilitated by prixgoncourt winner merle day of the dolphin, the virility factor.
A sexlinked disease kills potent men and engenders a world in which women are the masters and movers. Then you ask, what happens if we fill the red bucket with milk and the blue with water, while still keeping it the same color. Buy a cheap copy of the virility factor book by robert merle. Ebook the virility factor as pdf download portable. After his father, an interpreter, was killed in world war i, his mother moved with him to paris. Robert merle books list of books by author robert merle. He wrote the novel that inspired the movie the day of the dolphin. A novel hardcover january 1, 1977 by robert merle author visit amazons robert merle page. The notion, that the prevention of a viral outbreak not only renders most men sterile but forces women to take the absolute lead in society, should have made a great story. The virility factor is also by merle and is quite good.
Recreating 16th and 17th century france through the eyes of a fictitious. Austria, bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, cyprus, england, finland, france, germany, greece, italy, montenegro, poland, slovakia, slovenia. Robert merle a virulent form of encephalitis decimates world male population and women take political and economical power. I recently reread this book after reading it for the first time 25 years ago. Robert merle wikipedias robert merle as translated by. Robert merle, who won frances highest literary honor and wrote the novel that inspired mike nicholss film the day of the dolphin, died on march 27 outside paris. I loved malevil by robert merle, its out of print and i think i found it on amazon or abe. Robert merles novel the virility factor, where a virus kills most men capable of reproduction, and a misandrist regime comes to power in the united states. The virility factor paperback january 1, 1977 by robert. A novel hardcover january 1, 1977 by robert merle author. After acquiring the hungarian publishing rights for the complete works of robert merle they offered me the task to design the covers hard cover and jacket for all major titles. Translated from the french in yonkers the new york times. Sokolinsky, martin translator from amazons fiction books store. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.