Cruel Tales from the Thirteenth Floor |
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| Translator:
| Nicholson-Smith, Donald |
| Author:
| Lang, Luc |
| Series title: | French Voices Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-3747-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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In sixteen ferocious short stories, French author Luc Lang encapsulates the brutality of everyday life. Each tale is an admixture of tragedy, comedy, ridicule, and pain. Compassion lurks somewhere, perhaps, but pity is conspicuous by its absence. Lang's curt, agitated prose disassembles daily life with a swift, unflinching hand and examines it with a sharp, analytic eye.
In sixteen ferocious short stories, French author Luc Lang encapsulates the brutality of everyday life. Each tale is an admixture of tragedy, comedy, ridicule, and pain. Compassion lurks somewhere, perhaps, but pity is conspicuous by its absence. Lang's curt, agitated prose disassembles daily life with a swift, unflinching hand and examines it with a sharp, analytic eye.