| 표제 | : | Self-Portrait Abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 저자 | : | Jean-Philippe Toussaint & John Lambert |
| 해제 | : | 2010-05-11 |
| 종류 | : | ebook |
| 유형 | : | Literary Fiction, Books, Fiction & Literature |
| 파일 크기 바이트 | : | |
| Price | : | 9.99 USD |
| In Self-Portrait Abroad, our narrator—a Belgian author much like Toussaint himself—travels the globe, finding the mundane blended everywhere with the exotic: With his usual poker face, he keeps up on Corsican gossip in Tokyo and has a battle of nerves in a butcher shop in Berlin; he wins a boules tournament in Cap Corse, takes in a strip club in Japan's historic Nara, gets pulled through Hanoi on a cycle rickshaw, and has a chance encounter on the road from Tunis to Sfax. Tales of a cosmopolitan at home in a strangely familiar world, Self-Portrait Abroad casts the entire globe in a cool but playful light, reminding us that, wherever we go, we take our own eyes with us... |
