Eye Of The Beholder is one of my favourite novels, although,
strangely enough, my opinion may have been influenced, for
once, by seeing the film version before reading the
book.
The film was a French production from the early '80's (I saw
it about 15 years ago) starring the always excellent Philippe
Noiret, and Isabel Adjani. It's surprisingly faithful to the
novel, and packs a real emotional punch.
- Paul
Etienne Borgers wrote:
>
>Marc Behm's 'The Eye of the Beholder'
>
>I can understand your surprise by reading Behm,
an
>author with a corpus of works that cannot
be
>classified. Most of it can be best described
as:
>surreal Noir or even as fantastic Noir (close
to
>fantasy).
>Maybe you overlooked (or were not interested by)
the
>intentions of 'Eye...' and was expecting some kind
of
>mainstream crime/HB novel, that Eye is not,
all
>converging to your disappointment.
>
>I will not disclose details (to protect
future
>readers) but we have to keep in mind that 'Eye..' is
a
>kind of allegory close to the initiatory cycles
found
>in ancient lit ... could even be regarded as a
modern
>philosophical "conte" (tale).
>But it's obvious that even if you deciphered it,
the
>novel could still not be your cup of tea.
>Marc Behm is one of these authors belonging to
the
>uncharted territories of Noir/HB.
>
>
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