The Tenant

About “The Tenant”

The Tenant is a surrealist horror novel written by Roland Topor and first published in France in 1964. The story was adapted into a film in 1976, directed by Roman Polanski. The novel is often compared to the works of Franz Kafka, as noted by writer John Fowles, who placed it within the Kafka tradition. The book explores themes of alienation and psychological tension through its strange and unsettling narrative. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)