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First published in France in 1985, The Bathroom wasJean-Philippe Toussaint's debut novel, and it heralded a new generationof innovative French literature. In this playful and perplexing book, we meet a young Parisian researcher who lives inside his bathroom. Ashe sits in his tub meditating on existence (and refusing to tell us hisname), the people around him his girlfriend, Edmondsson, the Polishpainters in his kitchen each in their own way further enables hispeculiar lifestyle, supporting his eccentric quest for immobility. Butan invitation to the Austrian embassy shakes up his stable world, prompting him to take a risk and leave his bathroom . . .
| ISBN | 1564785181 | | Pages | 102 | | ISBN13 | 9781564785183
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Dalkey Archive Press | | Weight (grammes) | 132 | | Imprint | Dalkey Archive Press | | Published in | Normal | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | French Literature | | Publication date | 01 Nov 2008 | | Height (mm) | 191 | | Translator | Nancy Amphoux, Paul De Angelis | | Width (mm) | 135 | | Library of Congress | 2008016101 | | Spine width (mm) | 8 | | DEWEY | 843.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Toussaint is a genuinely funny writer . . . small erotic moments are captured perfectly . . . makes me long for more by Toussaint.  Be the first to write a customer review
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