Try now

Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 950 000 titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Try now
Cover for Self-Portrait Abroad

Self-Portrait Abroad

Series

1 of 1

Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

In Self-Portrait Abroad, our narrator—a Belgian author much like Toussaint himself—travels the globe, finding the mundane blended everywhere with the exotic: With his usual poker face, he keeps up on Corsican gossip in Tokyo and has a battle of nerves in a butcher shop in Berlin; he wins a boules tournament in Cap Corse, takes in a strip club in Japan's historic Nara, gets pulled through Hanoi on a cycle rickshaw, and has a chance encounter on the road from Tunis to Sfax.

Tales of a cosmopolitan at home in a strangely familiar world, Self-Portrait Abroad casts the entire globe in a cool but playful light, reminding us that, wherever we go, we take our own eyes with us...

© 2010 Dalkey Archive Press (Ebook): 9781564786210

Translators: John Lambert

Release date

Ebook: 11 May 2010

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Billionaires' Banquet: An immorality tale for the 21st century
    Billionaires' Banquet: An immorality tale for the 21st century Ron Butlin
  2. Ghost Moon
    Ghost Moon Ron Butlin
  3. Quennets
    Quennets Philip Terry
  4. The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Secret Agent & More – Masterpieces of Psychological & Maritime Fiction
    The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Secret Agent & More – Masterpieces of Psychological & Maritime Fiction Joseph Conrad
  5. Out on Blue Six
    Out on Blue Six Ian McDonald
  6. Privy Seal: His Last Venture
    Privy Seal: His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford
  7. The Treasure of the Lake
    The Treasure of the Lake H. Rider Haggard
  8. The Long-Legged Fly
    The Long-Legged Fly James Sallis
  9. The Science Fiction Collection
    The Science Fiction Collection Philip K. Dick
  10. Meredith Chronicles: Passing Time on Lake Winnipesaukee
    Meredith Chronicles: Passing Time on Lake Winnipesaukee Daniel Heyduk
  11. The Man Who Laughs
    The Man Who Laughs Victor Hugo
  12. Sestets: Poems
    Sestets: Poems Charles Wright
  13. The City of Detroit, 1701-1922, Volume 2
    The City of Detroit, 1701-1922, Volume 2 Clarence Monroe Burton
  14. Hard Scrabble: Observations on a Patch of Land
    Hard Scrabble: Observations on a Patch of Land John Graves
  15. Buffalo Yoga: Poems
    Buffalo Yoga: Poems Charles Wright
  16. The Rivers and Streams of England: Enriched edition.
    The Rivers and Streams of England: Enriched edition. A. G. Bradley
  17. Words for Readers and Writers: Spirit-Pooled Dialogues
    Words for Readers and Writers: Spirit-Pooled Dialogues Larry Woiwode
  18. Oblivion Banjo: The Poetry of Charles Wright
    Oblivion Banjo: The Poetry of Charles Wright Charles Wright
  19. Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems
    Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems Charles Wright
  20. A Singular Man
    A Singular Man J. P. Donleavy
  21. New York: A Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Metropolitan City of America
    New York: A Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Metropolitan City of America Daniel Curry
  22. Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately
    Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately Alicia Cook
  23. Fur Coats in Tahiti
    Fur Coats in Tahiti Jeremy Over
  24. I Am No One
    I Am No One Patrick Flanery

Start with these

View all titles
  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling
    4.7
  2. The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
    The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist Freida McFadden
    4.2
  3. Throne of Glass: From the # 1 Sunday Times best-selling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses
    Throne of Glass: From the # 1 Sunday Times best-selling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas
    4.1
  4. The Divorce
    The Divorce Freida McFadden
    4
  5. The 48 Laws of Power
    The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene
    4.2
  6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Taylor Jenkins Reid
    4.4
  7. Mathorubagan
    Mathorubagan Perumal Murugan
    4.8
  8. The Hunger Games
    The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
    4.7
  9. The Psychology of Money: The transformative multimillion-copy personal finance bestseller
    The Psychology of Money: The transformative multimillion-copy personal finance bestseller Morgan Housel
    4.5
  10. Yesteryear
    Yesteryear Caro Claire Burke
    4.1
  11. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel) Vol. 1
    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel) Vol. 1 Rifujin na Magonote, Shirotaka
    4.3
  12. A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
    A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1 Sarah J. Maas
    4.2
  13. One Hot Summer
    One Hot Summer Debbie Ioanna
    3.5
  14. Convenience Store Woman: A Novel
    Convenience Store Woman: A Novel Sayaka Murata
    4
  15. The Fellowship of the Ring
    The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien
    4.8

Features:

  • Over 950 000 titles

  • Kids Mode (child safe environment)

  • Download books for offline access

  • Cancel anytime

Most popular

Unlimited

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$12.98 /month

  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now
Company
Explore
Useful links
Language and region

  • English

  • Singapore

  • app_store_button
  • google_play_button
Follow us