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The Man Who
Walked through Walls
MarCel ayMé
Translated from the French by
SoPhie lewiS
The excellent Monsieur Dutilleul has
always been able to pass through walls,
but has never seen the point of using
his gift, given the general availability of
doors. One day, however, his tyrannical
boss drives him to desperate, creative
measures; he develops a taste for intramural
travel and becomes something of
a super-villain. How will the unassuming
clerk adjust to a glamorous life of crime?
Aymé’s genius lies in imagining the
practical unfolding of bizarre and
difficult situations. In each story,
anarchic comedy is arrested by moments
of pathos, only to descend into anarchy
and hilarity once more.
Publication: SPring 2012
ISBN 9781906548643 • 250pp • £12
Marcel Aymé was born in
Joigny, France in 1902. Working
at first as a journalist, Aymé was
able to dedicate himself entirely
to literature following the success
ofThe Green Mare, a dark satire
on sexuality published in 1933.
Aymé’s ironic, disillusioned perception
of the state of affairs in France
following the German occupation
and French resistance, produced a
body of work that is at the forefront
of twentieth-century French literature.
Aymé died in Paris in 1967.