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*1001 $aSchrauwen, Olivier,$d1977-
*24510$aThe man who grew his beard /$cOlivier Schrauwen ; [translated by Olivier Schrauwen ; edited by Eric Reynolds]
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The Man Who Grew His Beard collects seven short stories. Though eachstands alone, they are intertwined thematically, offering peeks into the mindsof semi-autistic, achingly isolated men, their feverish inner worlds and howthey interact and contrast with their real environment. Though Schrauwen taps'surrealist' or 'absurdist' impulses in his work, youwill not read a more careful and precise collection of stories this year. Thestories included are: "Hair Types," a hilarious piece that on thesurface explores the pseudoscientific classification of personality as afunction of hair but becomes something more akin to a fable aboutself-fulfilling prophecy; "Chromo Congo," a silent story about twomen on safari who meet a corpulent and obnoxious hunter; as well as "TheTask," "The Man Who Grew His Beard," "The Lock,""The Cave," and "The Imaginist."