By David Mehegan This minimal memoir reminds me of a backyard clothesline, festooned with socks, shirts, pants, dishtowels, suspenders, underwear, bras, new things and old, all in various colors and shapes, flapping briskly in the wind. The Chessboard by Jean-Philippe Toussaint. Translated from the French by Ruth Diver. Other Press. 191 pp. Paper. $16.99. Jean-Philippe…