Fables of the Novel: French Fiction Since 1990

by Warren Motte

Book Overview

Readers of the contemporary novel in France are witnessing the most astonishing reinvigoration of narrative prose since the New Novel of the 1950s. In the last few years, bold, innovative, and richly compelling novels have been written by a variety of young writers. These texts question traditional strategies of character, plot, theme, and message; and they demand new strategies of reading, too. Choosing ten novels published during the 1990s as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564782832
• ISBN13: 9781564782830
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher