Voyage to the End of the Room
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Voyage to the End of the Room by Tibor Fischer
Far too set in her ways for someone her age, failed dancer turned graphic designer Oceane doesn't get out much. Luckily there's a lot you can do in your room these days.In this completely original, deliciously raunchy novel, Tibor Fischer returns to top form to give us a story of a woman searching the world in order to understand her past. Starting in the cramped confines of a South London apartment, Voyage to the End of the Room takes its funny (and foulmouthed) heroine to the nightclubs of Barcelona, the battlefields of the Balkans, and a reckoning on the Micronesian island of Chuuk, shedding memories and finding answers along the way. Combining Fischer's trademark sardonic wit and offbeat imaginative flair, the result is a compelling page-turner that doubles as a darkly hilarious meditation on how and whether you can ever really know other people, the nature of evil, what is reality-and whether you can fake it.
Tibor Fischer was born in Stockport, England in 1959 to Hungarian parents, both professional basketball players who had left Hungary in 1956. He grew up in south London before going to Cambridge University to study Latin and French. His first novel, Under the Frog, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. It tells the story of a Hungarian basketball player, Gyuri Fischer, dreaming of escape to the West while on a tour in 1950s Hungary.
His recent fiction includes The Thought Gang, the adventures of a middle-aged philosopher turned bank robber; The Collector Collector, the bizarre story of a pottery bowl; and Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid, seven tales of alienated and marginalised characters.
| SKU | CIN1582432988VG |
| ISBN 13 | 9781582432984 |
| ISBN 10 | 1582432988 |
| Title | Voyage to the End of the Room |
| Author | Tibor Fischer |
| Condition | Very good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2005-03-09 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us |
