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The Man Who Walked Through Walls
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The Man Who Walked Through Walls Paperback - 2017

by Marcel Ayme; Sophie Lewis (Translator)

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The excellent Monsieur Dutilleul has always been able to pass through walls, but has never seen the point of using his gift, given the general availability of doors. One day, however, his tyrannical boss drives him to desperate, creative measures -- he develops a taste for intramural travel and becomes something of a super-villain. How will the unassuming clerk adjust to a glamorous life of crime?
Aym's genius lies in imagining the practical unfolding of bizarre and difficult situations. In each story, anarchic comedy is arrested by moments of pathos, only to descend into anarchy and hilarity once more ...

Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.

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  • Title The Man Who Walked Through Walls
  • Author Marcel Ayme; Sophie Lewis (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pushkin Press
  • Publication date 2017
  • ISBN 9781782273271 / 1782273271
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.11 x 0.9 in (19.71 x 12.98 x 2.29 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Short stories, French
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018288875
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Marcel Aym (1902-67) was one of the great French writers of the twentieth century. Born in the Franche-Comt of Eastern France, he never lost touch with his rural origins, which influenced much of his work. Initially perceived as a man of the left, throughout his life Aym espoused causes from across the political spectrum, for example apparently supporting Mussolini's colonialism in Africa whilst also campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty. He attracted much controversy for his writings for collaborationist magazines during the Second World War, and his defence of Nazi-sympathising friends including Louis-Ferdinand Cline and Robert Brasillach in the post-war years. Nevertheless Aym has remained hugely popular in France - this collection is particularly famous, and a dozen of his novels have been turned into films, among them the classics of French cinema La Traverse de Paris, La Vouivre and Uranus.

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