Self-Portrait Abroad

In Self-Portrait Abroad, our narrator-a Belgian author much like\nToussaint himself-travels the globe, finding the mundane blended\neverywhere with the exotic: With his usual poker face, he keeps up\non Corsican gossip in Tokyo and has a battle of nerves in a butcher\nshop in Berlin; he wins a boules tournament in Cap Corse, takes in\na strip club in Japan’s historic Nara, gets pulled through Hanoi on\na cycle rickshaw, and has a chance encounter on the road from Tunis\nto Sfax. Tales of a cosmopolitan at home in a strangely familiar\nworld, Self-Portrait Abroad casts the entire globe in a cool but\nplayful light, reminding us that, wherever we go,we take our own\neyes with us…

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