Bibliograph

The explosion of the radiator hose, (and other mishaps, on a journey from Paris to Kinshasa) : a novel, by Jean Rolin ; translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie

Type

Label

The explosion of the radiator hose, (and other mishaps, on a journey from Paris to Kinshasa) : a novel, by Jean Rolin ; translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The explosion of the radiator hose

Oclc number

668193857

Responsibility statement

by Jean Rolin ; translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie

Series statement

French literature series

Sub title

(and other mishaps, on a journey from Paris to Kinshasa) : a novel

Summary

After journeying to the African Congo to deliver a car, which will be used as a taxi and operated by a the family of a Congolese security guard, Jean Rolin is reminded of his expatriate youth in Kinshasa during the early 1960s and feels haunted by the ghosts of Joseph Conrad, W. G. Sebald, and Marcel Proust

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