Wow. I didn’t think many people knew about Raymond Roussel, but Tate whatsit at obscurantist.net linked to this Roussel link here.
Raymond Roussel’s Locus Solus is perhaps the most amazing book I’ve read in the last couple of years. I looked for months for a copy to buy, but then finally broke down and photocopied an entire Inter-Library Loan book. I’ve described this book to quite a few people, probably most of whom think I’m an absolute raving. It doesn’t help that the book is in French, and I speak nor read none.