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'The Stranger Next Door' is a Belgian novel by Amlie Nothomb. It was first published in 1995.

Summary



The book begins when a retired couple, Emile and Juliette Hazel, achieve their dream of buying a house in the woods to live alone together, far from the public world.

Nobody lives around the house except an old doctor, Palamde Bernadin, and his wife, Bernadette, in a little house. To be polite, Emile and Juliette decide to meet them, and thus come in contact with Palamde Bernardin, who develops the habit of coming into their house everyday precisely at 4pm, sitting in an armchair and waiting until 6pm, barely saying a word, at which time he, ever punctually, goes back home. The visits become slowly more and more unbearable, until the Hazels resolve to get rid of him. But by what means?[http://hungrylikethewoolf.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/the-stranger-next-door-by-amelie-nothomb-tr-carol-volk/ Hungry Like the Wolf Review and Summary][https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/15/books/books-in-brief-fiction-parbleu-it-s-them-again.html New York Times, Book review by Janet Kayefeb, 15, 1998][http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/nothomba/stranger.htm Complete Review][https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/amelie-nothomb/the-stranger-next-door/ Kirkus Reviews][http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8050-4841-4 Publisher weekly]

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Category:1995 novels

Category:French-language novels

Category:Novels by Amlie Nothomb

Category:ditions Albin Michel books


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