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Camera
Jean-P Toussaint
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Description for Camera
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Matthew B. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136. 122 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight: 172. Translator(s): Smith, Matthew B.
In this improbable love story, Toussaint creates a character who is obsessed with himself: how he does things and all the ways he might have done them, how he thinks, why he thinks the way that he thinks, how he might do or think otherwise. What happens? He takes driving lessons, goes grocery shopping, spends endless hours with an adorable employee of the driving school he attends. And though he is aloof, though caught up in his own actions and in the movement of his own thoughts—he somehow emerges as surprisingly insightful and also very funny. In Toussaint’s touching novel, ... Read more
In this improbable love story, Toussaint creates a character who is obsessed with himself: how he does things and all the ways he might have done them, how he thinks, why he thinks the way that he thinks, how he might do or think otherwise. What happens? He takes driving lessons, goes grocery shopping, spends endless hours with an adorable employee of the driving school he attends. And though he is aloof, though caught up in his own actions and in the movement of his own thoughts—he somehow emerges as surprisingly insightful and also very funny. In Toussaint’s touching novel, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Series
French Literature Series
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564785220
SKU
V9781564785220
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Ref
99-15
About Jean-P Toussaint
Jean-Philippe Toussaint is the author of nine novels, and the winner of numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Decembre for "The Truth about Marie". His writing has been compared to the works of Samuel Beckett, Jacques Tati, the films of Jim Jarmusch, and even Charlie Chaplin. Jean-Philippe Toussaint is the author of nine novels, and the winner of numerous literary ... Read more
Reviews for Camera
"That Camera should have waited 20 years to find an English-language publisher is scandalous . . . this version admirably renders the frankness that makes Toussaint so alluring."— Tom McCarthy, New York Times