The Skin of Dreams

by Raymond Queneau

Book Overview

In this delightful, cinema-inspired daydream of a novel, an identity-shifting protagonist uses the everyday inspirations of his life to catapult himself into the realm of imagination, blurring the boundaries between reality and fantasy.

The Skin of Dreams is a novel of waking dreams. Even as he lives his life, Jacques L'Aum?ne, its hero, daydreams a hundred other possible lives. A few lines on a page, a chance encounter, a remark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681377705
• ISBN13: 9781681377704
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"