Axolotl in litterature

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Hello Everybody,

Do you know ''classic writings'', novels or short stories talking about Axolotl ?

I know only the Julio Cortazar's text on Axolotl ( Axolotl - Julio Cortázar - Ciudad Seva ), but have you heard of Axolotl in litterature ?
Maybe in H.P. Lovecraft or in fantasy's stories ? :confused:

Thank you,

jloo
 
I don't think there are any axolotls in Lovecraft; his monster looks more like some kind of squid.
 
Not exactly classic literature but there are a couple of (fiction) books here in Germany involving axolotls:

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-Eva
 
Thanks you blueberlin for your contribution.
but I prefer searching in literature for adults ^^

I want to write an article for a french research conference on hybrid/monstruosity/animality in literature, and I think about my subject.
With Axolotls, a lot of links exist between them and : humanity / condition of the Writer / hesitation of the Self, etc....
For the moment, I've only the Cortazar's short story about Axolotl.

So if somebody find some texts with Axoltls (even if they've a short role or if they're only mentionned), don't hesitate ^^

Thank you very much !
 
Hi jloo,

I don't know of any other literary works involving axolotls, but I was thinking, maybe if you wanted to broaden the subject matter of your article, you could use similar ideas. For example, there is a book called 'War with the Newts' by a Czech writer called Karel Capek, which I highly recommend. I think a film might be in the pipeline too. Also a film was made in 1910 called L'axolotl by a company called Pathe Freres. I am not sure what it is like, but you can check it out on the Imdb website.

I hope this is of some help, sorry if you already have this information, and good luck with the article.

:)
 
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