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Je m'en vais - Jean Echenoz
Je m'en vais
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ISBN: 9782707316868 (2707316865)
Publisher: Les Editions de Minuit
Pages no: 256
Edition language: French
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KOMET
KOMET rated it
When I began reading "I'M GONE" 3 days ago, I wasn't sure I was going to like it. At first reading, the writing style seemed too glib and casually crafted, bordering on the banal. But the author, I think, did a clever thing by inserting in the opening pages, Felix Ferrer leaving his wife Suzanne - i...
Leopard
Leopard rated it
2.5 I'm Gone , by Jean Echenoz
[This book has been translated into English under the titles I'm Gone and I'm Off.] Jean Echenoz (b. 1947) is a French novelist weighted down by a dozen literary prizes, including the Prix Goncourt for Je m'en vais (1999), a cooly ironic intertwining of play with literary genres and of the emp...
so many books, so little time
so many books, so little time rated it
3.0 I'm Gone
A wee bit disappointing as my first Echenoz. As a satire, the story seemed as if too much fluffy merengue overwhelmed the bite and zest of the lemon.
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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it
5.0
Choupette's review of Platform reminded me of this book, which is quite famous in the francophone world, but pretty much unknown for English-speakers. It's formally a caper-style thriller, with a perilous voyage to the Arctic, a theft, a chase and a clever resolution. It manages, however, to complet...
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