Novels by Boris Vian

1947 novel by Boris Vian

novel by Vernon Sullivan

1947 novel by Boris Vian

1950 novel by Boris Vian

1947 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.