The Stranger Next Door

The Stranger Next Door (French: Les Catilinaires) is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 1995.

The Stranger Next Door
AuthorAmélie Nothomb
Original titleLes catilinaires
TranslatorCarol Volk
CountryBelgium
LanguageFrench
GenreNovel
Preceded byHuman Rites 
Followed byFear and Trembling 

Summary

The book begins when a retired couple, Emile and Juliette Hazel, achieve their dream of buying a house in the woods to live alone together, far from the public world.

Nobody lives around the house except an old doctor, Palamède Bernadin, and his wife, Bernadette, in a little house. To be polite, Emile and Juliette decide to meet them, and thus come in contact with Palamède Bernardin, who develops the habit of coming into their house everyday precisely at 4pm, sitting in an armchair and waiting until 6pm, barely saying a word, at which time he, ever punctually, goes back home. The visits become slowly more and more unbearable, until the Hazels resolve to get rid of him. But by what means?[1][2][3][4][5]

gollark: In the unbounded whatever case, I also win.
gollark: You JUST SAID you would test it on TIO.
gollark: You should have a 100-byte limit and not test it.
gollark: `print("BEES"*(2**61-1))` is obviously best (ensure access to sufficiently powerful computer).
gollark: I think I should inevitably win, actually?

References
  1. Hungry Like the Wolf Review and Summary
  2. New York Times, Book review by Janet Kayefeb, 15, 1998
  3. Complete Review
  4. Kirkus Reviews
  5. Publisher weekly


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