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Lobismuller
- Title
- Lobismuller / Laia Abril.
- Author
- Abril, Laia
- Publication
- Barcelona, Spain : RM ; México, D.F., México : Editorial RM, S.A. de C.V., [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TR655 .A239 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Summary
- "The Werewolf of Allariz" was a woman who lived in 19th-century Spain. Known as Manuel Blanco Romasanta, but named Manuela at birth, the legendary "werewolf"--Now believed to have lived with a rare syndrome of intersexuality -- was Spain's first documented serial killer. Beautiful and eerie, Lobismuller reconstructs from a female perspective the story of the most enigmatic and bloodthirsty criminal in Spanish history. Earning the title of "the Tallow Man," due to his habit of converting his victims' fat into high-quality soap, Manuel admitted to nine murders at his 1853 trial. And yet he pleaded not guilty, for he was suffering, he claimed, from a curse that turned him into a wolf ... an unusual document of a haunting history in which the forces of criminality, sexuality and social marginalization coalesced into something deadly. -- publisher's statement.
- Subject
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the Festival des arts visuals, Vevey, Switzerland, September 10-October 2, 2016.
- Chiefly illustrated.
- ISBN
- 9788416282647
- 8416282641
- LCCN
- 2016502851
- OCLC
- ocn968200596
- 968200596
- SCSB-1886611
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library