The Waitress Was New
Author | : Dominique Fabre |
Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781935744108 |
ISBN-13 | : 1935744100 |
Rating | : 4/5 (100 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Waitress Was New written by Dominique Fabre and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “charming . . . short account of ordinary goings-on in a French café” explores love, work, loneliness, and aging as it follows the daily life of a middle-aged Parisian bartender (Lemony Snicket) Pierre is a veteran bartender in a café in the outskirts of Paris. He observes his customers as they come and go—the young man who drinks beer as he reads Primo Levi, the fellow who from time-to-time strips down and plunges into the nearby Seine, the few regulars who eat and drink there on credit—sizing them up with great accuracy and empathy. Pierre doesn’t look outside more than necessary; he prefers to let the world come to him. Soon, however, the café must close its doors, and Pierre finds himself at a loss. As we follow his stream of thoughts over three days, Pierre’s humanity and profound solitude both emerge. The Waitress Was New is a moving portrait of human anguish and weakness, of understated nobility and strength.