French speculative fiction novels

1951 novel by Julien Gracq

novel by Alfred Jarry

1947 novel by Boris Vian

1950 novel by Boris Vian

Heartsnatcher () is a 1953 novel by the French writer Boris Vian. It tells the story of a psychoanalyst who is newly arrived in a very superstitious village where absurd events occur. The heartsnatcher of the title of this book was first seen in an earlier Vian novel Froth on the daydream. It is a macabre invention, an implement with which that traditional seat of our emotions can be gorily extracted. One victim of it is a philosopher named Jean-Sol Partre.