Isbn: 9781564786326 - explosion of the radiator hose: a novel (french literature) (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In this nominally true story of an epic, transcontinental road trip, Jean Rolin travels to Africa from darkest France, accompanying a battered Audi to its new life as a taxi to be operated by the family of a Congolese security guard. The ghost of Joseph Conrad haunts Rolin's journey, as do memories of his expatriate youth in Kinshasa in the early 1960s--but no less present are W. G. Sebald and Marcel Proust, who are the guiding lights for Rolin's sensual and digressive attack upon history: his own as well as the world's. By turns comic, lyrical, gruesome, and humane, "The Explosion of the Radiator Hose" is a one-of-a-kind travelogue, and no less an exploration of what it means to be human in a life of perpetual exile and migration.…

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 160 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 160 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Translator(s): Lalaurie, Louise. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this nominally true story of an epic, transcontinental road trip, Jean Rolin travels to Africa from darkest France, accompanying a battered Audi to its new life as a taxi to be operated by the family of a Congolese security guard. The ghost of Joseph Conrad haunts Rolin's journey, as do memories of his expatriate youth in Kinshasa in the early 1960s--but no less present are W. G. Sebald and Marcel Proust, who are the guiding lights for Rolin's sensual and digressive attack upon history: his own as well as the world's. By turns comic, lyrical, gruesome, and humane, 'The Explosion of the Radiator Hose' is a one-of-a-kind travelogue, and no less an exploration of what it means to be human in a life of perpetual exile and migration.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnJean Rolin is a French writer and journalist, the winner of the 1988 Albert Londres Prize for journalism, and the 1996 Prix Medicis for his novel L organisation. As a student, he was closely involved-along with his older b.