The Conversation of the Three Walkers; and, The Shadow of the Coachman's Body

The Conversation of the Three Walkers; and, The Shadow of the Coachman's Body Synopsis

Two short novels by the author of Marat Sade. The first, The Conversation of the Three Walkers takes as its starting point a small town through which three people are walking. This sparks off memories, observations on the past and future, and a masterly selection of humorously tender character sketches. The Shadow of the Coachman's Body is set in a remote boarding-house which, with deft strokes, Weiss peoples with a diverse selection of lodgers whose lives he renders fascinating by his obsessive, yet lighthearted attention to the amalgamation of detail upon detail.