'People talk about love at first sight, about the way that men and women fall for each other immediately, but there is also such a thing as friendship at first sight.' In Paris, two couples form an intimacy that will change their lives forever. As they discover the clubs and cafes of the eleventh arrondissement, the four become inseparable, united by deeply held convictions about dating strategies, tunnelling in P.O.W. films and, crucially, the role of the Styrofoam cup in American thrillers. Experiencing the exhilarating highs of Ecstasy and sex, they reach a peak of rapture - but the come-down is unexpected and devastating. Dyer fixes a dream of happiness - and its aftermath. Erotic and elegiac, funny and romantic, Paris Trance confirms Dyer as one of Britain's most original and talented writers.
Sexy, hopelessly romantic and almost sneakily meditative, Dyer's novel invokes the shades of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, but as they might be imagined by Truffaut. - New Yorker
Title: Paris trance
Subtitle: a romance
Contributors:
By (author)
Geoff Dyer
ISBN 13: 9780857864055
ISBN 10: 085786405X
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Imprint: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 1/05/2012
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
Dewey Classification:
823.92
(DC23)
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Thickness: 18mm
Weight: 195g