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Octave seems to have everything going for him: a good mind, a great job in advertising, a lavish apartment, girls, and a cocaine habit he can afford. But it soon becomes clear that he also has a serious problem with his life. From the moment when he storms out of the offices of a lucrative... read more
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“Am vrea foarte adesea ca viata sa ne fie doar un vis. Ne-ar placea sa ne trezim, ca in filmele proastem si sa rezolvam toate problemele prin acest subterfugiu. Cum se ineaca un personaj la cinema, hopa, cum isi vine in fire. De cate ori n-am vazut, pe ecran, chestii de-astea: eroul, atacat de un monstru vascos si carnivor, este la ananghie, dar exact in clipa in care ingrozitoarea jivina se repede sa-l devoreze, bum, se scoala nadusit din culcus? De ce in viata nu se intampla asta niciodata? Im? Cum faci sa te trezesti, atunci cand nu dormi?”
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“Isi sufla nasul. Doamne, cat e de superba cand bazaie. Daca barbatii le fac atatea necazuri femeilor, asta e, fara indoiala, din cauza ca sunt mai frumoase cand plang.”
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“Cunoasteti diferenta dintre bogati si saraci? Saracii vand droguri pentru ca sa-si cumpere Nike, iar bogatii vand Nike pentru ca sa-si cumpere droguri.”
Octave
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Original Language: French
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Page Count: 165
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- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (Finalist, 2003, Shortlist)
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- Dewey: 848'.914
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