Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1230490 in Books
• Published on: 1988-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 600 pages

Synopsis
Represents an exploration of the relationship between imagination and reality as seen through the eyes of the dying Serge Valene, an inhabitant of a large Parisian apartment block.

Customer Reviews

An intriguing and tantalising tapestry of tales.
This a expansive and complex book which offers teasing threads of tales and related imagery through a breadth of history and location, whilst remaining a snap shot of an instant in a single Parisian building. At the close, the sense is that there are many deeper puzzles to be solved within the layers of the work as a whole, which can leave the reader feeling unfulfilled. With the luxury of time, it would be fascinating to see if there were more to discover there than meets the eye initially.

A Parisian apartment block dissected in space and time
If the purpose of this book was to document in detail a possible Parisian apartment in order to provide raw data for a simulation then it scores highly. As a story or allegory, it however fails since the bitty nature of the writing can jar and it becomes hard to follow.

An interesting idea (experiment?) which is probably worth leafing through but a long term commitment is required since this isn't a one-sitting book.