| Nouvelles sous ecstasy | |
| Author: | Frédéric Beigbeder |
| Orig Lang Code: | fr |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Éditions Gallimard |
| Pub Date: | 12 March 1999 |
| Pages: | 112 |
| Isbn: | 9782070755233 |
Nouvelles sous ecstasy is a 1999 short story collection by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
The short stories were, as the title indicates, written under the influence of the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy. The book was edited by Philippe Sollers.[1] It opens with a warning from Beigbeder:
The book contains the following stories:
Marie Gobin of L'Express wrote that the book is characterised by joyful self-mockery and self-esteem, describing it as fierce, raw, decadent and offbeat. She wrote that although Beigbeder advises readers to not try ecstasy, it is possible to "taste it" through the book.[2]
In the academic edited volume Literature and Intoxication, Russell Williams stresses that the Beigbeder who presents himself in the book must be understood at least partially as an author persona. Williams compares the book to Charles Baudelaire's experiments with writing under drug influence, and with Beigbeder's comments in other books about how literature can work like a drug and reading can be an addiction.