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On The Ceiling. Title: On The Ceiling. Number of Pages: 135. Weight: 0.4 lbs. Publication Date: 2000-08-01. Publisher: Bison Books. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: On The Ceiling ISBN13: 9780803263963 ISBN10: 0803263961 Author: Chevillard, Eric (Author), Stump, Jordan (Translator) Description: On The Ceiling Tells The Story Of A Young Man Who Wears A Chair Upside Down On His Head He Falls In Love With A Young Woman Named Meline, And Soon He And His Friends Move In With Her And Her Family They Are Disappointed By The Life They Find At Meline's, However, And In Search Of Something Better They Make The Collective Decision To Move To The Ceiling Of Her House, Where They Expect To Find A More Orderly, More Rational, And Less Encumbered Existence Eric Chevillard's Trademark Is Inventing Characters Who Have Little Choice But To Dream Up The Most Hopelessly Outlandish And Breathtakingly Brilliant Schemes If They Are To Survive The Rigors Of Their Existence He Is Fascinated By The Imperious Need We All Feel To Make Life Bearable And By The Lengths To Which We Are Willing To Go In That Pursuit The Characters In On The Ceiling Are Prepared To Go Rather Further Than Most Of Us Chevillard, One Of The Most Inventive Young Authors On The French Literary Scene, Is The Author Of Eight Novels Jordan Stump Is Associate Professor Of French At The University Of Nebraska He Is The Author Of Naming And Unnaming: On Raymond Queneau And The Translator Of Four Novels By Marie Redonnet-Hotel Splendid, Forever Valley, Rose Mellie Rose, And Nevermore-And Of Eric Chevillard's The Crab Nebula And Patrick Modiano's Out Of The Dark (All Available From The University Of Nebraska Press) Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Bison Books Publication Date: 2000-08-01 Weight: 0.4 lbs Dimensions: 0.38'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.53'' W Number of Pages: 135 Language: English