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French Fiction into the Twenty-First Century

French Fiction into the Twenty-First Century

Simon Kemp

(2010)

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Abstract

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.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover i
Title Page iv
Copyright v
Dedication vi
Contents viii
Series Editors' Preface ix
Introduction x
Chapter One: Annie Ernaux and the Narrating of Time xxviii
Chapter Two: Pascal Quignard and the Fringes of Narrative lviii
Chapter Three: Marie Darrieussecq and the Voice of the Mind lxxxv
Chapter Four: Jean Echenoz and the Uses of Digression cv
Chapter Five: Patrick Modiano and the Problem of Endings cxl
The Return to the Story clxiv
Notes clxviii
Select Bibliography ccix
Index ccxx
Back Cover ccxxiii