| Author: | Georges Simenon | ISBN: | 9781590175545 |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books | Publication: | October 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics | Language: | English |
| Author: | Georges Simenon |
| ISBN: | 9781590175545 |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Publication: | October 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Language: | English |
For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility.
Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.
For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility.
Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.
