French Fiction into the Twenty-First Century
The Return to the Story
Author(s) Simon Kemp
Language: English
Genre(s): Literary Studies
Series: French and Francophone Studies
- July 2010 · 256 pages ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9780708322734
- · eBook - pdf - 9780708322741
- · eBook - epub - 9781783164158
Explores the state of French fiction through an examination of the work of five major French writers, Annie Ernaux, Pascal Quignard, Marie Darrieussecq, Jean Echenoz and Patrick Modiano. This book deals with some of the writers on British and American university French courses.
This book is without any doubt a very welcome addition to an underpopulated field.'
Chapter one: Annie Ernaux and the Narrating of Time Chapter two: Pascal Quignard and the Fringes of Narrative Chapter three: Marie Darrieussecq and the Voice of the Mind Chapter four: Jean Echenoz and the Uses of Digression Chapter five: Patrick Modiano and the Problem of Endings The Return to the Story