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Trade paper

ISBN-13: 978-1948405775
List Price: $16.99 U.S.
Pages: 180

Published: 2020
The Tenant (1964)
Roland Topor
​Translated by Francis K. Price


Due to copyright restrictions, this title is NOT available in the U.K. or British Commonwealth
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Book Description

When Trelkovsky, a Parisian in desperate need of a place to live, comes across an affordable apartment, he jumps at the chance to rent it, undaunted by the fact that the previous tenant hurled herself screaming through the window. What happens next is a harrowing descent into paranoia and madness as a series of bizarre events unfolds that leaves Trelkovsky doubting his sanity and fearing for his life.

First published in French in 1964 and adapted for Roman Polanski's 1976 film version, Roland Topor's surreal and hallucinatory horror masterpiece The Tenant returns to print at last in this new edition.

REVIEWS

“As closely coiled, as cold and quiet and deadly as a snake in the bed.” – John Collier, author of Fancies and Goodnights
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“Echoes of Kafka, Poe, and Hitchcock . . . not recommended to any average reader who may be easily shocked.” –
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“Grotesque and harrowing, The Tenant is a powerful fable set in the twilight zone.” – The Observer

“Topor spins his tale with a master's hand.” – Le Parisien Libere

“A book to read and reread for its qualities of incisive humor and cruelty.” – Philippe Curval, Fiction

“Topor is a Parisian Kafka ... He is as intelligent and original, as skillful and sincere in his machinations as was Edgar Allan Poe.” – Nouvelles Litteraires

“Immediately calls to mind Kafka, Poe, and perhaps John Collier or Theodore Sturgeon ... Roland Topor writes this haunting novel with skill and restraint.” – San Antonio Express and News



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