| Customer Service (The Contemporary Art of the Novella) |  | Author: Benoit Duteurtre
Publisher: Melville House
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1,052,794
Media: Paperback
Pages: 100
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 1933633522
Dewey Decimal Number: 840.9
EAN: 9781933633527
ASIN: 1933633522
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
"The enfant terrible of modernity."-Le Figaro Plunged into his new telephone's customer service-with its circular menu options and bright-voiced automatons-the narrator slowly unravels. Benoît Duteurtre, winner of the Prix Medici, is the author of twelve novels translated into thirteen languages, including, most recently, The Little Girl and the Cigarette.
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A September 12, 2008
Lauren Magnussen
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Duteurtre's seemingly simple treatise on the negative effects of technology in today's world slowly reveals its layers in small increments. The unnamed protagonist lets loose his frustrations on the encroaching field of electronics with skillful comparisons of old-world ideas juxtaposed with modern innovations. His angers and concerns absolutely echo the sentiments that many people feel today in an age of fast-paced living. The second half of the novella slides eerily into surrealism, with the character of Leslie Delmare seemingly representing the narrator's conscience, with a personality that both intrigues and clashes with his own. A present-day 1984, this glimpse into a world just like ours, yet slightly off-kilter, shows us our future if we don't slow down. Not quite dystopian, yet not quite real life, Duteurtre's metaphors serve as a testament that will allow later generations to see how society dove into the technology craze with gusto, and not enough caution.
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