The book begins when a retired couple, Emile and Juliette Hazel, achieve their dream of buying a house in the woods to live alone together, far from the public world.
Nobody lives around the house except an old doctor, Palamède Bernadin, and his wife, Bernadette, in a little house. To be polite, Emile and Juliette decide to meet them, and thus come in contact with Palamède Bernardin, who develops the habit of coming into their house everyday precisely at 4pm, sitting in an armchair and waiting until 6pm, barely saying a word, at which time he, ever punctually, goes back home. The visits become slowly more and more unbearable, until the Hazels resolve to get rid of him. But by what means?[1][2][3][4][5]
stranger, next, door, french, catilinaires, belgian, novel, amélie, nothomb, first, published, 1995, authoramélie, nothomboriginal, titleles, catilinairestranslatorcarol, volkcountrybelgiumlanguagefrenchgenrenovelpreceded, byhuman, rites, followed, byfear, tre. The Stranger Next Door French Les Catilinaires is a Belgian novel by Amelie Nothomb It was first published in 1995 The Stranger Next DoorAuthorAmelie NothombOriginal titleLes catilinairesTranslatorCarol VolkCountryBelgiumLanguageFrenchGenreNovelPreceded byHuman Rites Followed byFear and Trembling Summary editThe book begins when a retired couple Emile and Juliette Hazel achieve their dream of buying a house in the woods to live alone together far from the public world Nobody lives around the house except an old doctor Palamede Bernadin and his wife Bernadette in a little house To be polite Emile and Juliette decide to meet them and thus come in contact with Palamede Bernardin who develops the habit of coming into their house everyday precisely at 4pm sitting in an armchair and waiting until 6pm barely saying a word at which time he ever punctually goes back home The visits become slowly more and more unbearable until the Hazels resolve to get rid of him But by what means 1 2 3 4 5 References edit Hungry Like the Wolf Review and Summary New York Times Book review by Janet Kayefeb 15 1998 Complete Review Kirkus Reviews Publisher weekly Portals nbsp Literature nbsp Belgium nbsp This article about a 1990s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte nbsp This Belgium related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Stranger Next Door amp oldid 1139293455, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
