The Wit of the Staircase

by Raúl Ruiz

This novel is the final publication of the Chilean filmmaker and author Raul Ruiz (1941–2011), who died last year, and who put the finishing touches to this book a few days before his death. Here, Ruiz narrates his life not as himself, but as a ghost. The Wit of the Staircase follows his novel In Pursuit of Treasure Island and the two Poetics of Cinema volumes, also published with Dis Voir.

250 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2012

About the author

Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino (25 July 1941 – 19 August 2011) was an experimental Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher whose work is best known in France. He directed more than 100 films.

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