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The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir Who Got Trapped In An IKEA Wardrobe: A Novel (2013)

by Romain Puértolas(Favorite Author)

3.2 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0345814177 (ISBN13: 9780345814173)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Random House Canada

review 1: Titeln lät kul och den började bra, en man från Indien på sin första resa någonsin. Han kommer till Paris och målet är Ikea. Ikea sett utifrån någon som är på Ikea för första gången är kul och jag småskrattar lite. Sedan blir berättelsen en sämre och tramsigare försök att kopiera berättelse "Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret..." Något som retar mig är alla de otroligt fåniga namnen alla har hela tiden med sitt uttal betyder något annat roligt på svenska men som bara blir krystat och trist. Slösa inte tid på den här boken!
review 2: (NOTE: This is a review of the English-language edition, due out in print in January 2015)"The first word spoken by the Indian man Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod upon his arrival in France was, oddly... more enough, a Swedish word. Ikea. That was what he said in a quiet voice."Thus spoken to a taxi driver at the airport, and thus begins an astonishing debut novel, and the start of a madcap journey across several countries. Oghash has come to Paris with only a counterfeit 100-euro note (printed on only one side) as cash. He wants to buy a bed of nails from Ikea (Hertsyorbak fakir special in real Swedish pine, with 15,000 stainless-steel nails of adjustable length, in Puma Red) to take back to his home village in Rajasthan. Then he ends up locked in an Ikea wardrobe, crated and in a truck bound for England and -- no spoiler -- it gets weirder after that beginning. Much weirder.This little book has bizarre plot turns, vivid characters, witty observations on society, and hilarious word plays as Oghash continues his journey. The prose, a translation from the original French, is concise, amusing and a fast read, and the story -- well, the reader will just have to go along for a wild ride, a highly entertaining one.Unique and unforgettable. Highest recommendation. less

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