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“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.
This eerily beautiful artist’s book by Spanish photographer Laia Abril, who studied at the International Center of Photography in New York and worked at COLORS magazine, is an unusual document of a haunting history in which the forces of criminality, sexuality and social marginalization coalesced into something deadly.
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.
This eerily beautiful artist’s book by Spanish photographer Laia Abril, who studied at the International Center of Photography in New York and worked at COLORS magazine, is an unusual document of a haunting history in which the forces of criminality, sexuality and social marginalization coalesced into something deadly.
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Gender issues, psychology, landscape, mythology and folklore...the mesmerising story is wrapped upon layer of exquisite literary narrative. Between each image and each piece of text, a creepy affinity can be established, demonstrating Abril’s fluidity between medium and genre, which has come to characterise her practice. (1000 Words Magazine)
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- PublisherRM
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 8416282641
- ISBN 13 9788416282647
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages164
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Book Description Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Nuevo. 164 pp. Lobismuller reconstruye desde una perspectiva del todo singular la historia del asesino en serie más enigmático y sanguinario de la historia española: Manuel Blanco Romasanta. Durante el juicio que se celebró en 1853 Manuel admitió haber cometido nueve asesinatos (de los diecisiete atribuidos), sin embargo, siempre se declaró inocente, argumentando que era víctima de una asombrosa maldición que lo hacía convertirse en lobo y le arrastraba a perpetrar sus abominables crímenes. Laia Abril vuelve a exhibirse en este magnífico foto libro de la mano del diseñador Ramón Pez. La autora consigue desplegar con rotundidad su asombrosa capacidad de explicar historias, mediante la combinación de un intenso trabajo de investigación periodístico-antropológico y de un desarrollo visual cargado de gran sensibilidad. Seller Inventory # MAC9788416282647
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