The Flight of Icarus: Novel
Called by some the French Borges, by others the creator of le nouveau roman a generation ahead of its time, Raymond Queneau's work in fiction continues to defy strict categorization. The Flight of Icarus (Le Vol d'lcare) is his only novel written in the form of a play: seventy-four short scenes, complete with stage directions. Consciously parodying Pirandello and Robbe-Grillet, it begins with a novelist's discovery that his principal character, Icarus by name, has vanished. This, in turn, sets off a rash of other such disappearances. Before long, a number of desperate authors are found in search of their fugitive characters, who wander throug…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8112-0483-5
- EAN: 9780811204835
- Produktnummer: 38199713
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1973
- Seitenangabe: 191 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.3 cm x D1.4 cm 204 g
- Gewicht: 204
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Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others.
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