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I'm a criminal, as I've only read Un an (One Year in English, and although I don't really like the literal translation of the title, no matter), which I loved. This is a very quick read, if only because of its brevity, but this novella is quirky and unputdownable (even though I hate the term).

Yes, you have to think about what Echenoz is doing, and this is not casual holiday fare.

Thomas, I was originally appalled that Je m'en vais has been translated as 'I'm gone', but now I see (at least I think, anyway) that it's I'm Off, which'll do for me: 'I'm gone' has so many other connotations. Please, please, please don't see this as a criticism of your writing, which I'm sure so many of us adore as it's so, er, saliotthomas, and you can't get much more original than that!

Thank you for your contribution, KevinfromCanada (and I would really hate to abbreviate that name, especially as I'm a vegetarian ). I must read Ravel, as I've known for some time that I had to read it, but got sidetracked.

Cheers to all

Tony (as I'm not too happy with that Lionel)