Slow Boat Hervé Tullet Stunning for its emotional intensity

Stunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality

a semi-autobiographical novel that has established itself as an American classic

She is seventeen

to giant-winged butterflies

It is the definitive text on self-discipline

Slow Boat Hervé Tullet Stunning for its emotional intensityA startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garca Mrquez Trapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known his dreams. Filled with lyrical longing