How I Became Stupid, (Paperback)

from MikeFarquhar

In sharp contrast, how i became stupid by Martin Page is brimming over with cariacatured human characters. Antoine is a 25 year old French academic, specialising in Aramaic, who has a problem - he's intelligent, horribly self-aware of everything he does, and the moral implications of his actions....

from georgeslacombe

Good book, the Ex-Machina end is not my prefered one. Worth reading.

from clothingoptional

One of the funniest books I've read in a long time, especially when you consider that it was originally written in French. If you read too much and take yourself too seriously, you should read this book and get a laugh. Of course, I'm not sure if I should laugh too hard as I picked up on so many ...

from lucasmurtinho

Sometimes funny, most of the times just silly, this is yet another contemporary French novel that suffer from the Big Idea syndrom. Page is not really interested in telling a story: he wants to send the readers a message - and that message, predictably enough, is that one has to be an idiot to li...

from woosang

Dull story of a bored young 'Intelligent" man who attempts to become stupid, and finds an easy way through life. His friends come to his 'rescue' Painful to read.