There are no happy families in Simenon. The Others concerns one such family, the provincial bourgeois Huets, whose tensions and grudges are thrown into relief by the suicide of the wealthy patriarch of the clan, Uncle Antoine. The novel is narrated, loosely in the form of a diary, by Antoine’s nephew, Blaise, a dissatisfied art … Continue reading The Others
Fiction
The Glass Cage
Émile Virieu, 44, is a proof-reader for a Paris printing firm. He works in a glass cage in the centre of the office, cut off from his colleagues. He is married to an unattractive translator, Jeanne, with whom he shares some companionship, but neither a bed nor conversation. Virieu’s life follows a strict routine – … Continue reading The Glass Cage
Graeme Macrae Burnet 