Hygiene and the Assassin

by Amélie Nothomb

Pretextat Tach, prix Nobel de litterature, n a plus que deux mois a vivre. Des journalistes du monde entier sollicitent des interviews de l ecrivain que sa misanthropie tient reclus depuis des annees.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193337277X
• ISBN13: 9781933372778
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Short but delightful!

Looking back I'm amazed at the vast diversity of emotions this short novel made me go through. The wholehearted laughter of the first pages led to genuine curiosity in the next that gave way to confused amazement and sheer astonishment. It makes you vibrate and the intense, absorbing dialogue between the two characters is compelling and transports you to a tension-filled word game rollercoaster that will make your skin itch. Easily read in less than two hours this is a bittersweet tale drafted in Nothomb's exquisite and captivating writing.