The man in a hurry
By: Paul Morand ; translated from the French by Euan Cameron
Contributors: Cameron, Euan (Translator), translator
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781782270973
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Antique dealers; Type A behavior; Fiction
Work titles: Homme pressé
Description: A feverish classic from one of the modern masters of French prose. No one can keep up with Pierre Niox, the speediest antiques dealer in Paris, although not necessarily the most competent. As he dashes about at a dizzying pace, his impatience becomes too much to bear for those around him; his manservant, his only friend and even his cat abandon him. He begins to find that while he is racing through life, it is passing him by. However, when he falls in love with the languid, unpunctual Hedwige, the man in a hurry has to learn how to slow down.
Table of contents: title: Part one. A cracking pace; title: Part two. The price of time.