{"product_id":"narcisse-on-a-tightrope-paperback","title":"Narcisse on a Tightrope - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlivier Targowla\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Curtis Daw\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eWarren Motte\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor seventeen years, Narcisse Dièze, chronic sufferer of a mysterious condition called \"cerebral rheumatism\"; has lived in the protective confines of a psychiatric hospital.\u003c\/b\u003e There he has been attended by a contingent of nurses, for whom he has obligingly fathered somewhere between thirty-five and one hundred seventy-one children. (No one knows the exact number.) But the doctors abruptly decide that he is cured and prod him to reenter the outside world. Narcisse is floored, yet he gradually summons the will to try. What follows is an account of this naïve and timid patient's adventures in the realm of the so-called sane. An endearing misfit in the tradition of Walter Mitty and Forrest Gump, Narcisse is destined to totter precariously on the highwire of his existence. Will we see him fall? \u003cbr\u003eA quirky fable that pokes holes in the accepted mental health verities and pleads for a touch of madness. With an introduction by Warren Motte.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Targowla\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six works of fiction, all published by Éditions Maurice Nadeau. \u003ci\u003eNarcisse on a Tightrope\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713988759615,"sku":"9781628973242","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/55e26f5be0ea1ef64f6338a693d9483e.webp?v=1765066608","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/narcisse-on-a-tightrope-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}