Enduring Negativity: Representations of Albinism in the Novels of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine

by Charlotte Baker

This study focuses on fictional representations of albinism in the work of the French writers Didier Destremau and Patrick Grainville, and the Francophone Guinean writer Williams Sassine. The focus on selected novels allows for an in-depth study of each narrative and sheds new critical light on these under-studied writers, permitting a comparative discussion of the novels in relation to other writing about albinism. A series of common themes can be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034301790
• ISBN13: 9783034301794
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 218 Pages