pickAh! I loved this one! A man discovers a large hole between his boarding room and the room next door. He spies on the various occupants and waxes philosophic. The beauty is in the novel‘s depiction of both the solitude of man and the universality of man. 194/1,001 #1001Books
pickAn uneven debut novel. The narrator, a resident of a Parisian boarding house, becomes obsessed with spying on the room next door. He witnesses an implausible sequence of events - an affair, first love, a death, a birth - and presents lengthy monologues on the ethics of his situation. The novel is best when depicting the characters in the room next door, but as the narrator is content to remain a voyeur, no attempt is made to fill in backstories.
pickSuperficially, Inferno is the story of the observations of a voyeur who recently became a boarding house tenant in a somewhat dilapidated establishment. By accident, the voyeur discovers that he has a hand-sized view from his room which allows him to see into the adjacent room without being discovered and he loves to watch. The voyeur witnesses lesbianism, adultery, childbirth, and death. This book is a dark, twisty ride exploring solipsism.
"What am I? I am the desire not to die." #whoami #inferno #frenchphilosophy #solipsism
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