num_pages: 328
description: Seated in a Paris café, a man glimpses another man, a shadowy figure hurrying for the train: Who is he? he wonders, How does he live? And instantly the shadow comes to life, precipitating a series of comic run-ins among a range of disreputable and heartwarming characters living on the sleazy outskirts of the city of lights. Witch Grass (previously titled The Bark Tree) is a philosophical farce, an epic comedy, a mesmerizing novel about the daily grind that is an enchantment itself.
language: English
title: Witch Grass
titlecomplete: Witch Grass
genres: 20th Century, Unfinished, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Humor, France
ratings_count: 545
places: Paris
publisher: NYRB Classics