L'extraordinaire voyage du fakir
“I fell in love with this absolutely sensational book. It's wonderful. It's marvelously funny, irreverent, full of ideas. It's sparkling” (Michel Crépu).
First edition.
A very fine copy, one of the first 13 on pure rag vellum, in publisher's wrappers, as issued.
Octavo, 252 pp. and (2) ff.
Paperback, illustrated cover.
210 x 140 mm.
Puértolas, Romain. The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe.
Paris, Le Dilettante, (May 13) 2013.
First edition of this beautiful novel by Romain Puértolas.
One of the first 13 copies on pure rag vellum (no. 8).
A far-fetched and hilarious adventure spanning the four corners of Europe and a Libya in the midst of upheaval. A love story more sparkling than Coca-Cola, but also a reflection of a harsh reality: the daily struggle fought by undocumented immigrants, the ultimate adventurers of our century.
The escapades of a cult-status fakir.
“These tribulations, which borrow from Gérard Oury and Monty Python for the action, and from Michel Audiard for the dialogue, are written with a comic virtuosity that the French novel seemed to have mourned” (Jérôme Garcin).
“I fell in love with this absolutely sensational book. It’s wonderful. It’s marvelously funny, irreverent, and imaginative. It’s sparkling” (Michel Crépu).
Beautiful copy, one of 13 on large paper, preserved in the publisher's brochure, as issued.
