bookshelves: film-only, summer-2011, translation, france, published-1964, noir, philosophy, mental-health Recommended for: moxysox Read from August 28 to 29, 2011 ** spoiler alert ** The Tenant (French: Le Locataire chimérique) is a novel by Roland Topor, a French illustrator, painter, writer and...
A deeply delicious descent into paranoia and insanity, with some hauntingly dark imagery along the way. Highly recommended.
The Tenant or The Chimerical Lodger is still vivid in my mind - the book made quite a powerful impression on me. Although the beginning was rather slow, with depictions of mundane activities which seemed redundant, the strange happenings were not long overdue and from that moment on I couldn't put t...
Trelkovsky moves into an apartment. The former tenant committed suicide Just days before. Now new tenant Trelkovsky is living a nightmare of his own and Simone the former tenant. A trip you won't forget of paranoia, disturbing events. The unexpected ending alone is a brain scratcher. Roman Polanski ...
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