Palafox

by Éric Chevillard

Book Overview

Eric Chevillard's visionary play of word and thought has been compared to the work of Beckett, Michaux, and Pinget, yet the universe he spins is utterly his own. Palafox (Editions de Minuit, 1990),... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972869247
• ISBN13: 9780972869249
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Fantasy

An amusing romp through French society, this book uses the device of a creature of infinite morphability. A thread of devestating characterisation runs through this book tying it together neatly. All the scenes combine to lead to a clever climax.

Not Chevillard's best, but close

I enjoyed this novel very much, but it was bound to pale next to Chevillard's Crab Nebula. The abrupt transitions are not so surprising or funny. But there's enough clever language play and humor for anyone. A group of naturalists and neighbors tries to classify, domesticate and exploit the changeable Palafox, who confounds all of their plans and expectations, sometimes violently.