On the Ceiling

On the CeilingOn the Ceiling tells the story of a young man who wears a chair upside down on his head. He falls in love with a young woman named M line, and soon he and his friends move in with her and her family. They are disappointed by the life they find at M line's, however, and in search of something better they make the collective decision to move to the ceiling of her house, where they expect to find a more orderly, more rational, and less encumbered

On the Ceiling tells the story of a young man who wears a chair upside down on his head. He falls in love with a young woman named M line, and soon he and his friends move in with her and her family. They are disappointed by the life they find at M line's, however, and in search of something better they make the collective decision to move to the ceiling of her house, where they expect to find a more orderly, more rational, and less encumbered existence.

ric Chevillard's trademark is inventing characters who have little choice but to dream up the most hopelessly outlandish and breathtakingly brilliant schemes if they are to survive the rigors of their existence. He is fascinated by the imperious need we all feel to make life bearable and by the lengths to which we are willing to go in that pursuit. The characters in On the Ceiling are prepared to go rather further than most of us. Chevillard, one of the most inventive young authors on the French literary scene, is the author of eight novels.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 08/01/2000
ISBN: 9780803263963
Pages: 135
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.53w x 0.38d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/28/2000 pg. 57
Publishers Weekly 08/25/2000