The Roman Noir in Post-War French Culture: Dark Fictions

by Claire Gorrara

Thrilling, absorbing, and full of bizarre plot twists and motivations, the roman noir is crime fiction at its most exciting. In this lively introduction to the post-war French roman noir, Claire Gorrara challenges preconceptions about the roman noir as little more than a populist form of crime fiction and examines how selected writers have appropriated it as a critical response to formative concerns and debates in post-war French society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199246092
• ISBN13: 9780199246090
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"