The extraordinary journey of the fakir who got trapped in an IKEA wardrobe
- Romain Puértolas
This book is not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by IKEA or the Inter IKEA Group or any of its companies.
Page 23: The page had been torn from the June 2012 Ikea catalogue, 198 million copies of which had been printed worldwide, double the annual print run of the Bible.
Page 30: Inside his chest, his heart was beating to the rhythm of a Bollywood soundtrack.
Page 74: One of the men laughed. It sounded like a spring mattress groaning under the bouncing weight of two lovers.
Page 207: The rhythm of his heartbeat went from hip hop to techno, finally ending up on Vivaldi.
Page 222: Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod had been pacing up and down for several minutes now, like a dog that cannot decide where it wants to sleep.
Page 243: But his hand was shaking so violently against his briefcase now that it was audible. He sounded like a Brazilian percussionist during carnival season in Rio.
Page 278: ... and he would spend his evenings watching her beautiful curled eyelashes batting in rhythm with his heart.
© Le Dilettante 2013
English translation © Sam Taylor 2014
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