| L'Amour monstre | |
| Author: | Louis Pauwels |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Éditions du Seuil |
| Pub Date: | 1954 |
| Pages: | 228 |
L'Amour monstre ("monstrous love") is a 1954 novel by the French writer Louis Pauwels. It is set in the 16th century and tells the story of a possibly bewitched love affair between a doctor and a young woman sent to a monastery.
The novel was the runner-up for the 1955 Prix Goncourt.[1] Ingmar Bergman was at one point attached to direct a film adaptation, but the project was not realised.[2]
The book is mentioned in the lyrics of Serge Gainsbourg's 1968 song "Initials B.B." Gainsbourg had been recommended the book by Brigitte Bardot.[3]