A fully revised third edition in translation of Shimon's best-selling autobiographical novel. A young Iraqi writer sets out to become a Hollywood film-maker, only to end up as a refugee on the streets of Paris, where he beds down in a metro station. Although his dream of making a film about his deaf mute father is never realised, the extraordinary encounters he has with the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Beckett and a ghost from Père Lachaise Cemetery transform his own story into a more compelling drama than any on the big screen.
"A cinematographic odyssey." Le Monde des livres
"A cinematographic odyssey." Le Monde des livres