This book tells the story of a woman who, one day, realizes she doesn’t remember how the appliances in her apartment work, starting with the vacuum cleaner, and then others follow. Despite all her desperate efforts to read the instructions or try to recollect, she remains unable to make them work, leaving Léa, a young housewife, in desperation, especially since her husband likes to have things in order around the house.
This is, however, a story within a story, for the main narrative follows a lonely and desperate writer who has run out of inspiration and in a state of perpetual frustration and nihilism. He finds Léa’s journal in the trash and proceeds to read it and turn it into his next book: the journal chronicles her plight with appliances but leaves out a very important detail about her relationship with her husband that is later revealed and that I will spoil in this analysis.
It is through the eyes of the writer that the reader learns of Léa and her plight. The story gets darker as you read, but the graphic side of how this novel is presented keeps us mesmerized. It is a very smooth artwork that reflects the state of mind of the characters.
In conclusion, “Léa ne se souvient pas comment fonctionne l’aspirateur” (or “Léa can’t remember how the vaccum cleaner works”) is a story about a woman who suffers in silence through a relationship that only causes her harm. She has the courage to leave her partner but only to suffer further psychological damage that affects the way she relates to people in her life. It is a story of survival and sadness that leaves a bittersweet taste in the readers’ soul, but also a beam of light, for this darkness gradually dissipates.
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