The Voyeur by Alain Robbe-Grillet (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Voyeur by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Richard Howard When Mathias, a travelling watch salesman, returns after many years to the island of his birth, a young girl is found dead on the rocks. As Mathias makes an increasingly tense recapitulation of his movements on the day of the event, tiny details slowly and inexorably accumulate. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Mathias, a travelling watch salesman, returns after many years to the island of his birth, a young girl is found dead on the rocks. As Mathias makes an increasingly tense recapitulation of his movements on the day of the event, tiny details slowly and inexorably accumulate. Through the warped screen of his distorted mind, the remembered images pile up until the reader is caught in his web of desperation. And yet in the end reality has lost all meaning, as the distinction between the narrators recollections and the underlying facts are more and more blurred.This brilliantly executed novel, which showcases all the techniques that have secured Robbe-Grillets place in the canon of Western literature, leaves behind a disturbing sense of unrest. Notes A mild-mannered travelling salesman goes back to the island of his birth, and two days after a thirteen-year-old girl is found drowned and mutilated. Robbe-Grillet puts the reader engagingly in the detective position across this influential work of French literature. Author Biography Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008) is best known as the pioneering spokesman of the nouveau roman, a greatly influential movement in post-war French fiction, and as the author of Jealousy and The Voyeur. Review I doubt that fiction as art can any longer be seriously discussed without Robbe-Grillet. -- The New York Times Promotional This brilliantly executed novel, which showcases all the techniques that have secured Robbe-Grillets place in the canon of Western literature, leaves behind a disturbing sense of unrest. Review Quote I doubt that fiction as art can any longer be seriously discussed without Robbe-Grillet. Promotional "Headline" This brilliantly executed novel, which showcases all the techniques that have secured Robbe-Grillet s place in the canon of Western literature, leaves behind a disturbing sense of unrest. Feature Unique edition of whats been considered on of the best example of Postmodern Mystery Details ISBN071454857X Publisher Alma Books Ltd Year 2018 Translator Richard Howard ISBN-10 071454857X ISBN-13 9780714548579 Format Paperback Media Book Pages 176 Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French DEWEY 843.914 Language English Imprint Alma Books Ltd Place of Publication Surrey NZ Release Date 2018-08-23 Publication Date 2018-08-23 UK Release Date 2018-08-23 Author Richard Howard Audience General AU Release Date 2018-11-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123308832;

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