Jean-Pierre Martinet (1944–1993)
Autor von The High Life
Werke von Jean-Pierre Martinet
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Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1944
- Todestag
- 1993-01-18
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- France
- Geburtsort
- Libourne, Gironde, France
- Sterbeort
- Libourne, Gironde, France
- Wohnorte
- Libourne, Gironde, France
Tours, France - Berufe
- filmmaker
newspaper vendor - Beziehungen
- Eibel, Alfred (directeur de collection)
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Short and Sweet (1)
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- Werke
- 9
- Mitglieder
- 114
- Beliebtheit
- #171,985
- Bewertung
- 4.1
- Rezensionen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 17
- Sprachen
- 2
His street, the “joyless” Rue Froidevaux is lonely, miserable, cold “even in August.” Even the ivy clinging to the Montparnasse cemetery walls “didn’t believe in what it was doing.” His apartment overlooks his father’s grave, which he defends from cats and dogs with a rifle with telescopic site..
Adolphe works in a funerary and wonders if “mourning women wear black underwear.”
This is an exciting and disturbing novella, almost a long short story. There’s so much packed into it that each word seems to do more than its own work.… (mehr)