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Panic
43 full page b/w illustrations.
48 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1965
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About the author
Roland Topor
151 books235 followersA French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish Jewish origin and spent the early years of his life in Savoy where his family hid him from the Nazi peril.
Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, who develops an obsession regarding what has happened to his apartment's previous tenant. It is a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves. The later novel Joko's Anniversary (1969), another fable about loss of identity, is a vicious satire on social conformity. Themes Topor returned to in his later novel Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne (1978).
A new presentation of The Tenant by Roland Topor was released in October 2006. The book has Topor's original novel, a new introduction by Thomas Ligotti, a selection of short stories by Topor, a representation of Topor's artwork and an essay on the famous Roman Polanski film version. There is a working possibility of having Mr. Polanski write a new foreword to this edition.
In 2018, Atlas Press published Topor's Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne, translated and introduced by Andrew Hodgson. It was the first of Topor's novels to enter English in nearly 50 years.
Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, who develops an obsession regarding what has happened to his apartment's previous tenant. It is a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves. The later novel Joko's Anniversary (1969), another fable about loss of identity, is a vicious satire on social conformity. Themes Topor returned to in his later novel Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne (1978).
A new presentation of The Tenant by Roland Topor was released in October 2006. The book has Topor's original novel, a new introduction by Thomas Ligotti, a selection of short stories by Topor, a representation of Topor's artwork and an essay on the famous Roman Polanski film version. There is a working possibility of having Mr. Polanski write a new foreword to this edition.
In 2018, Atlas Press published Topor's Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne, translated and introduced by Andrew Hodgson. It was the first of Topor's novels to enter English in nearly 50 years.
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March 18, 2025
Je bladdert er vlot doorheen, maar het meest intressante vind je toch als je even stilstaat bij de tekeningen.
(In de lessen van Mara hebben we het uitvoerig over het werk van Topor).
Panic movement motto:
Ik raak in paniek dus ik lach me rot.
De tekeningen zijn hard en zacht tegelijkertijd, Grunberg verwoorde het in een ander boek (voorwoord) als Topor als humane sadist. Een toonende tegenstelling die ik erg herken in het werk.
(In de lessen van Mara hebben we het uitvoerig over het werk van Topor).
Panic movement motto:
Ik raak in paniek dus ik lach me rot.
De tekeningen zijn hard en zacht tegelijkertijd, Grunberg verwoorde het in een ander boek (voorwoord) als Topor als humane sadist. Een toonende tegenstelling die ik erg herken in het werk.
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