Diary of a Body
Pennac, Daniel / Waters, Alyson / Waters, Alyson
A visceral, humorous progress from cradle to grave, told though telling attention to bodily functions. From a particularly humiliating accident at scout camp, to the final stages of terminal illness, Daniel Pennac's warm, witty and heart-breaking novel shows the rise and fall of an ordinary man, told through his observations of his own body. It is with damp eyes (not to mention underpants) that our narrator begins his diary, seeking through it...