Francis Bacon's Armchair - FRE French Literature Series
Francis Bacon's Armchair - FRE French Literature Series
paperback
Published:
10 June, 2016
Description
The unnamed narrator of Francis Bacon’s Armchair has just been released from an extended stay at a psychiatric hospital and now has only one objective: to shut himself away in his apartment and contemplate the best way to restart his life. But his obsession with Cathie, a young woman he met during his convalescence, drives him out of his bedroom one night in search of a telephone—which leads him two floors below into the apartment of his morbidly obese neighbor, Sauvage. Sauvage is a translator overwhelmed by his current project, The Dictionary of Rare and Incurable Diseases, and by the inherent difficulties of his profession. The narrator begins paying regular visits to his mysterious neighbor, and the two isolated men develop a bizarre relationship dominated by fear, jealousy, and mutual fascination. A hypnotic and philosophically dense novel, Francis Bacon’s Armchair deftly weaves between explorations of loneliness, language, and obsession.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781943150014 |
| ISBN10 | 194315001X |
| Number Of Pages | 98 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Format | paperback |
Author's Bio
Sébastien Brebel was born in 1971 in Argenteuil, France. He lives in Nantes, France where he teaches Philosophy, and is the author of three novels, of which this (Francis Bacon's Armchair) is his second to appear in English.
Jesse Anderson is a freelance translator. Francis Bacon's Armchair is his first book-length publication.