is a strange book. A strange book, tells a strange story. Because if the story of a man who collects the moments in which his wife washed the windows may not be so!
David Foenkinos, which critics see as the developer wzorującego among other things, Witold Gombrowicz, wrote a truly Parisian history. The main protagonist of this story is Hector, a man suffering from mania gathering. The story, which spins the author of the book begins at the moment when Hector decides to commit suicide. Tormented by his addiction to collecting and the inability to exit from the addiction does not see any other option. In place of a final crackdown on with your life chooses Paris metro, which unfortunately does not fulfill its role ... Hector ends up on a half years in a psychiatric hospital. Do not inform the parents, brother and sells the story of an unexpected trip to the United Sister. Passed six months. Hector comes out of the hospital and one of the first steps headed to the library - The story of their stay in the U.S. must, however, have some confirmation in the increased knowledge of the country. The library was Hector meets Brigitte ... Between the two quickly raises the tension and erotic feelings, and therefore do not delay getting married. Hector feels he finally grows up and freed himself from his morbid mania. My wife runs normalized force, together imply a travel agency for music, which in places is a success, it seems that everything is as it should be. For the moment. One day Hector begins to look like the wife washes the windows ...
As I said, "my wife's erotic potential" is a specific story. Its narrator and commentator is also the author David Foenkinos that summarizes, calms, justifies or guides the reader on the right track of thinking. Probably for this reason the book seems to me to be a little schizophrenic ... I do not know what to think about it. On one hand, the book draws us into this absurd world saturated with delicate eroticism, on the other hand I was tortured at times a split personality between Hector and the author / narrator of the story. Maybe it's because Gombrowicz never a fan of I was not? "The potential for erotic my wife is a book about the role of illusion, lies and truth in our lives. Just how important in life is a distance from themselves and their ineptitude and 'shortcomings'. I can not forget the softly stated dose of humor, which is present in this book, and of the positive tenor of the final ...
D. Foenkinos, Erotic Potential of my wife, Wydawnictwo Sic! sc, Warszawa 2006, s.129.
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