false 129478 4 <div><div>When the phone rang on a gloomy fall afternoon in 1990, Grégoire Bouillier had no way of knowing that it was the woman who&#8217;d left him, without warning, ten years before. And he couldn&#8217;t have guessed why she was calling&#8212;not to apologize for, or explain, the way she&#8217;d vanished from his life, but to invite him to a party. A birthday party. For a woman he&#8217;d never met. </div><div> </div><div>This is the story of how one man got over a broken heart, learned to love again, stopped wearing turtlenecks, regained his faith in literature, participated in a work of performance art by mistake, and spent his rent money on a bottle of 1964 bordeaux that nobody ever drank. <i>The Mystery Guest </i>is, in the words of <i>L&#8217;Humanité</i>, a work of &#8220;fiendish wit and refinement.&#8221; It pushes the conventions of autobiography (and those great themes of French literature: love and aging) to an absurd, poignant, and very funny conclusion. This translation marks the English-language debut of an iconoclast who has attracted one of the most passionate cult followings in French literature today.<br><br></div></div> 733355 2004 The Mystery Guest: An Account total:271|5:62|4:107|3:73|2:21|1:8| 271 1007 417 84 5 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 19:20:28 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 14:28:05 -0800 2007
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...Man this is a strange little book! I was thinking I'd give it 3 stars, but I am throwing in 1 more for its confounding factor. Yes, this book totally confounded me. The narrator speaks in these endless, circular, self conscious, amusing sentences, full of all ki...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 10:02:28 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 08:05:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 16:54:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 17:21:55 -0800 2009 Exquisite Pain. A week ago I read a review in the NYT about Bouillier's Report on Myself (which not only won the 2002 Prix de Flore, but is translated by Bruce Benderson, who won the same prize...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 03:54:50 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 13:11:10 -0700 2009 This book may be at first frustrating for the active reader. Don't miss the forest for the (seemingly) gnarled trees. The Mystery Guest delivers on both a micro and macro level if given the chance to find its footing. There is the temptation to give up before the book wins you over, bu...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jul 21 09:54:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:54:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 08:00:15 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 07:01:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 08 22:46:59 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 22:50:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 03 17:50:38 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 17:53:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 28 13:22:28 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 13:26:06 -0800 2007 0 1 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 08 15:42:07 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 07:16:28 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 12:20:04 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 12:21:52 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 14 17:10:36 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 15 18:54:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 10 20:12:55 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 22 19:21:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 05 23:04:22 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 23:05:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 14:37:54 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 14:40:44 -0700 2009 I lent it to my landlord, because she was heading to Paris, and I thought she wou...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 18 13:03:11 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 02 07:10:03 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 14:12:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 17:38:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Sep 09 18:36:23 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 18:36:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:19:57 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:24:05 -0700 2009
É aqui que Grégoire se redime ou talvez, explique o seu relacionamento com Sophie.]]>