Status
Available
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Genres
Collection
Publication
NYRB Classics (2003), Paperback, 328 pages
Description
Seated in a Paris café, a man glimpses another man, a shadowy figure hurrying for the train: Who is he? he wonders, How does he live? And instantly the shadow comes to life, precipitating a series of comic run-ins among a range of disreputable and heartwarming characters living on the sleazy outskirts of the city of lights. Witch Grass (previously titled The Bark Tree) is a philosophical farce, an epic comedy, a mesmerizing book about the daily grind that is an enchantment itself.
Awards
Prix des Deux Magots (1933)
Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
1933
Physical description
328 p.; 8.04 inches
ISBN
1590170318 / 9781590170311