Description
A young soldier sets out with a parcel under his arm, only to find himself trapped in a city where every street looks identical and memory refuses to cooperate. As he searches for the right address—guided by fragments of routine, rumor, and repetition—he becomes entangled in the eerie logic of a delivery that feels both urgent and impossible. Moving through snow-choked, devastated streets and shifting atmospheres of war and aftermath, the narrative turns the act of wandering into a meditation on identity, uncertainty, and the fragile meaning of purpose. In the tradition of Alain Robbe-Grillet’s stark, experimental style, the book blurs perception and chronology, inviting readers to experience reality as a labyrinth of surfaces rather than a path toward resolution.
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paperback
Grove Press distributed by Random House
Published Jan 1, 1960
160 pages
ISBN: 9780394170329
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First Published
1960
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
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