Monsieur Cultural like an animal in a

like an animal in a zoo

nameless catastrophe

and Kierkegaard

” —Bret McCabe

This wonderful collection of texts about and by Barbara Wright—including work by David Bellos

Monsieur Cultural like an animal in aBy Jean Philippe Toussaint Translated by John Lambert ISBN: 9781564785053 Publication Date: 6 1 2008 The hero of this cool novel is 'Monsieur', a nameless young man whose everyday life is followed in precise detail during the course of the narrative. Almost incidentally we discover that Monsieur has an executive job and a secretary; that he is rejected by his fiance but is championed by her parents; that he unwillingly types out his neighbour's