Mahu Or The Material (French Literature Series)
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: February 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781564783776
Subjects: Literature: Classics; Fiction - General; Literary Collections; General; Continental European
Description: "Robert Pinget's Mahu or The Material tells the story of Mahu, who, unlike his ambitious, successful brothers, is a lazy man who approaches the world around him with a defiant spirit and a witty outlook on life. Part of the reason for Mahu's laziness is that he may be nothing more than a character in a failing novel by his friend Latirail, a novel that is being overrun by characters invented by yet a different author" "The second half of this book consists of Mahu's strange and hilarious musings on everything from belly dancers to how he catches ideas from other people in the same way he catches germs."--Jacket.