In Montreal's restless immigrant community, our unnamed narrator is
living in despair. Forced to visit a therapist after a suicide
attempt, he brings us back to his childhood in a war-torn country,
forward into his current life in the smoky emigre cafes where
everyone has a tale, and out into the frozen nighttime streets of
Montreal, where he imagines himself to be a cockroach invading the
lives of the privileged, but willfully blind, citizens who surround
him. Cockroach is a carnivalesque, philosophical novel that weaves
dark humor with an accusatory, satirical voice, spawning from the
subsurface to challenge humanity and its downfall."
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2010 |
First published: |
October 2010 |
Authors: |
Rawi Hage
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Dimensions: |
211 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
305 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-33787-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-393-33787-1 |
Barcode: |
9780393337877 |
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