- Paperback: 332 pages
- Publisher: Picador USA (May 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312422334
- ISBN-13: 978-0312422332
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.9 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #856,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Fine and glossy and inexorable . . . Stunning."--John Updike, The New Yorker
"Carrère has written a book that is likely to ensnare anyone who starts reading it--ingenious and authentically eerie." --The New York Times Book Review
"His command is total, his ear is perfect"--The Star-Ledger (Newark)
"[A] singular method of storytelling . . . [a] masterstroke."--Detroit Free Press
"Carrère is a master of high-standard deviation."--Spin
"Carrère has written a book that is likely to ensnare anyone who starts reading it--ingenious and authentically eerie." --The New York Times Book Review
"His command is total, his ear is perfect"--The Star-Ledger (Newark)
"[A] singular method of storytelling . . . [a] masterstroke."--Detroit Free Press
"Carrère is a master of high-standard deviation."--Spin
Book Description
La Moustache--now a film directed by Emmanuel Carrère
"What would you say if I shaved off my mustache?" asks The Mustache's hero of his wife. Once removed, his wife and friends not only fail to recognize him, but deny the existence of the former mustache altogether. A metaphysical nightmare of the grandest kind, The Mustache is a stunning blend of absurdist comedy and philosophical speculation.
In Class Trip, young Nicholas's vivid imagination gets the best of him when a boy disappears from a school excursion. What the youthful detective finds is even more terrifying than his wildest fantasties.
Brought together in one volume, the piercing early novels of Emmanuel Carrère constitute some of the most devastating psychological portraits in contemporary fiction.
Brought together in one volume, the piercing early novels of Emmanuel Carrère constitute some of the most devastating psychological portraits in contemporary fiction.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Perfect book and perfect horror, Jan 5 2008
By Kendra - Published on Amazon.com
This review is for Class Trip:I found this book quite accidentally. I am thrilled that I did because it is an excellent book and so completely beautifully written (and translated).
Carrere is a wonderful writer. His character, Nicolas, is so amazingly realistic. His thoughts, the way his mind wanders from thought to idea, his lack of confidence, his lying without explanation. All this makes Nicolas compelling and empathetic.
Although a bit of a thriller, this story is also a coming-of-age story. Nicolas is forced to grow up while attending a two-week ski-camp with his class. He yearns for acceptance and love and to be "one of the boys".
He IS accepted and he IS loved, and right before the end of the book, he IS indeed "one of the boys". Unfortunately, there is one more chapter or two . . . and, that changes everything and changes Nicolas forever.
The Mustache:
The mustache is also a shocker, although quite different from Class Trip. It is also perfect in its horror. The main character shaves off his mustache, but his wife doesn't seem to notice. When he mentions it, she insists that he never had a mustache. Ever. He proves that he did with the tufts of hairs he shaved and with pictures he finds. However, that "evidence" soon disappears and, once again, his wife (and his friends, too) insist he never had a mustache.
Well, if he had a mustache and they are lying, they are taking the joke awfully far. If they are not lying, he is going insane.
Carrere's writing is extraordinary. He is able to grasp fleeting thoughts and ideas that most people have but do not articulate. The story itself is nerve wracking yet the reader is compelled to continue. It's a shocking story with a major shock at the end that will leave you stunned for a few moments. I actually had to re-read the last few pages because it was such a stunner.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Book, Jan 5 2008
A Kid's Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Class Trip & the Mustache (Paperback)
This review is for Class Trip:I found this book quite accidentally. I am thrilled that I did because it is an excellent book and so completely beautifully written (and translated).
Carrere is a wonderful writer. His character, Nicolas, is so amazingly realistic. His thoughts, the way his mind wanders from thought to idea, his lack of confidence, his lying without explanation. All this makes Nicolas compelling and empathetic.
Although a bit of a thriller, this story is also a coming-of-age story. Nicolas is forced to grow up while attending a two-week ski-camp with his class. He yearns for acceptance and love and to be "one of the boys".
He IS accepted and he IS loved, and right before the end of the book, he IS indeed "one of the boys". Unfortunately, there is one more chapter or two . . . and, that changes everything and changes Nicolas forever.
The Mustache:
The mustache is also a shocker, although quite different from Class Trip. It is also perfect in its horror. The main character shaves off his mustache, but his wife doesn't seem to notice. When he mentions it, she insists that he never had a mustache. Ever. He proves that he did with the tufts of hairs he shaved and with pictures he finds. However, that "evidence" soon disappears and, once again, his wife (and his friends, too) insist he never had a mustache.
Well, if he had a mustache and they are lying, they are taking the joke awfully far. If they are not lying, he is going insane.
Carrere's writing is extraordinary. He is able to grasp fleeting thoughts and ideas that most people have but do not articulate. The story itself is nerve wracking yet the reader is compelled to continue. It's a shocking story with a major shock at the end that will leave you stunned for a few moments. I actually had to re-read the last few pages because it was such a stunner.
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