The Man in a Hurry

by Paul Morand

Book Overview

Pierre ruins everything-friendships, love, fatherhood-in his headlong race against time. As he rushes through life, he fails to appreciate those things that are of true value-the tendernesses shown to him by his wife, Hedwige, the poetry of the world. He burns himself up, and burns up those around him, in a constant striving for goals that change as soon as he reaches them. Too late, he will realize that in his haste, he has been hurrying only to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782270973
• ISBN13: 9781782270973
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.6" x 6.6"