Sartre's Sink

Mark Crick

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Granta
13 November 2008

Fiction & Literature; Parodies & spoofs

For too long DIY books have suffered the neglect of the literary Establishment. Finally, here in one volume, are the essential DIY tips of the world's greatest writers. Dostoyevsky tells of a young man employed by an elderly lady to retile her bathroom; Caesar puts up a shelf for his rebellious tribe of adolescenti; the existentialist hero of the Sartre pastiche is both disgusted and nauseated to discover in a blocked sink the revelation of his own condition. We also learn how to repair a dripping tap under Conrad's eyes, replace a window pane with a voyeuristic Milan Kundera, and hang wallpaper under the watchful eye of Mark Twain. Other handy hints include how to: replace a roof tile; remedy a squeaking floor board; remove a carpet stain and bleed a radiator, by writers, including Bronte, Shakespeare, Haruki Murakami, Elfriede Jelinek, and Hunter S. Thompson. As in Kafka's Soup, each piece is illustrated by a famous artist, including da Vinci, Hokusai and Rembrandt.

By: Mark Crick
Imprint: Granta
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 307g
ISBN: 9781847080479
ISBN 10: 1847080472
Pages: 98
Publication Date: 13 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Crick is a photographer and the author of Kafka's Soup. He lives in London.

Reviews for Sartre's Sink

Pleasingly incongruous ... [includes] a wonderfully wild Hunter S. Thompson putting up a garden fence * Sunday Telegraph * This brilliantly inventive DIY manual both parodies and celebrates great authors ... Crick is a brilliant literary ventriloquist ... next time you need to replace a light switch, seal the edge of a sink or put up a shelf, this is the book for you. And you can comfort yourself, as you toil, that at least you're in the company of great writers * Financial Times * Hands-down droll * Guardian *

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Sartre's Sink

Mark Crick

$27.99

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