Set in the capital of all things chic, surrounded by inexplicably irritable inhabitants, this book is an ode to the friendships that have got so many through the darkest days of their lives.

In spite of living in the same apartment block in Paris, Neera, Rosel, Violet and Dasha have noidea about each other’s existence. In the grand duplex of Number Thirty-Six, the socialite Neerachain-smokes spliffs and lives a life of luxury with her director-producer husband. Many floorsabove, Rosel, a Filipina housekeeper-cum-nanny, dreams in her tiny attic room of becoming aFrench citizen and being reunited with her son. Seventeen-year-old Russian model, Dasha, sharesher cramped apartment with other women, wanting to walk the ramp for the biggest fashion mogulsbut settling for whoever pays the bills. And on the ground floor, Violet, a Senegalese trans woman,is a burlesque dancer at night and plays savior to a handsome beggar by day.

When the whole world comes to a halt and turns itself upside down, the women of Number Thirty-Sixare shocked out of their arduous lives. They become the unlikeliest of friends, relying on each otherto belong to this city that is insistent on alienating them.

Irreverent, joyous, hilarious and passionate, with characters who seem to leap unapologetically offthe page, Clearly Invisible in Paris is a celebration of the contradiction of being an outsider and belonging to the city.

Publisher: Rupa Publications India

Author: Koël Purie Rinchet

Pages: 336

ISBN: 9789357024686

Publication Date: 05 August 2023