When Trelkovsky\, a Parisian in desperate need of a place to live\, comes across an affordable apartment\, he jumps at the chance to rent it\, undaunted by the fact that the previous tenant hurled herself screaming through the window. What happens next is a harrow ing descent into paranoia and madness as a series of bizarre events unfold s that leaves Trelkovsky doubting his sanity and fearing for his life.
\nFirst published in French in 1964 and adapted for Roman Polanski's 19 76 film version\, Roland Topor's surreal and hallucinatory horror masterpi ece \;The Tenant \;returns to print at last in this edition\, whic h includes a new introduction by R \;B. Russell.
\n&ldquo\;As cl osely coiled\, as cold and quiet and deadly as a snake in the bed.&rdquo\; \;&ndash\; \;John Collier\, author of \;Fancies and Goodnight s
\n&ldquo\;Echoes of Kafka\, Poe\, and Hitchcock . . . not recommen
ded to any average reader who may be easily shocked.&rdquo\; \;&ndash\
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&ldquo\;Grotesque and harrowing\, \;The Ten ant \;is a powerful fable set in the twilight zone.&rdquo\; \;&nda sh\; \;The Observer
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