(Roussel often left names incomplete) to the Emperor Constantine in the presence of Saint Eusèbe. Another episode cut from Locus solus concerns a formula for a ‘gaz évolutif’ capable of making young aquatic life-forms instantly adult. The recorded simoon blows through the harp and the hollowed-out rib, the clock...

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The intensively worked manuscripts of Impressions d’Afrique contain a number of events and characters missing from the published novel, but in general it is much less ruthlessly edited than its successor, Locus solus, from which Roussel removed a whole series of fully developed episodes. While waiting for the arrival...

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