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The Scorpion-Fish

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Scorpion-Fish

By Nicolas Bouvier

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About the book

The narrator arrives in his 117th rented room at the end of an epic journey, abandoned by his lover, almost broke and certainly feverish. His obsession with the insects he shares the room with and his beautifully articulated observations of himself on the edge of a physical and mental collapse extend out to include the insect-like habitues of the local cafe - the charlatans, the indolent landowners and even a levitating priest who has been dead for six years. This razor-sharp chronicle of experi...Show more

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ISBN

9781780600444

Publisher

Eland Publishing Ltd

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Scorpion-Fish

Format

Paperback

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