Portrait of the writer as a domesticated animal
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Lydie Salvayre ; translated by William Pedersen
Edition: 1st English translation.
Series: French literature series; French literature series (Normal, Ill.)
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Champaign [Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781564785572
Work titles: Portrait de l'écrivain en animal domestique
Description: The narrator accepts a job writing a laudatory authorized biography of a fast-food magnate, whose egotism borders on megalomania. She thus enters a world of call girls, celebrities, investment portfolios, and bitter rivalries where the desire to dominate others motivates every decision. Quickly seduced, she fully embraces the silver platters and evening chats with Robert de Niro--until her cold-hearted brutish boss receives an unexpected visit from his mother who upends his faith in the corporate world, threatening to destroy his opulent lifestyle and his sanity.
Notes: Translated from the French.