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A review by jonfaith
Vonios kambarys by Jean-Philippe Toussaint
4.0
"Immobility is not absence of movement but absence of any prospect of movement."
The above observation lies three-quarters of the way through The Bathroom, just before the quasi-authorial ruminations break forth, escaping the previous three room stage design. A change of locale occurs. Not to disclose much, but it is a change of nation as well. The insular goes on the lam. In fact, the section abroad distills the almost static gestation of the earlier salvos. The novel's only act of violence (except for that to Octupi) occurs and maintains, almost despite the postulation previously exhibited. The act is outside of reason. It isn't theorized. It does change matters. Well, to be fair, in a book of less than a hundred pages it pushes matters towards a certain conclusion, albeit without conviction. Then again, isn't that a great deal of our lives?
The above observation lies three-quarters of the way through The Bathroom, just before the quasi-authorial ruminations break forth, escaping the previous three room stage design. A change of locale occurs. Not to disclose much, but it is a change of nation as well. The insular goes on the lam. In fact, the section abroad distills the almost static gestation of the earlier salvos. The novel's only act of violence (except for that to Octupi) occurs and maintains, almost despite the postulation previously exhibited. The act is outside of reason. It isn't theorized. It does change matters. Well, to be fair, in a book of less than a hundred pages it pushes matters towards a certain conclusion, albeit without conviction. Then again, isn't that a great deal of our lives?