"La 628-E8 is a 'novel' by the French novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, published by Fasquelle in 1907. La 628-E8 is noteworthy for its genre indeterminacy. Part travelogue, part fantasy, part cultural commentary and critique, Mirbeau's book highlights its own unclassifiability: \"Is it a diary?\u201D, the narrator wonders. \"Is it even the account of a trip?\u201D"@en . . . "La 628-E8"@en . . .