The Truth about Marie
Moving through a variety of locales and adventures, The Truth about Marie revisits the unnamed narrator of Toussaint's acclaimed Running Away, reporting on his now disintegrated relationship with the titular Marie--the story switching deftly between first- and third-person as the narrator continues to drift through life, and Marie does her best to get on with hers. Like all of Toussaint's novels, The Truth about Marie's plot matters far less than its pace and tempo, its chain of images, its sequence of events. From pouring rain in Paris to blazing fires on the island of Elba, from moments of intense action to perfectly paced lulls, The Truth…
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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Matthew B (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-56478-367-7
- EAN: 9781564783677
- Produktnummer: 11394375
- Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
Über den Autor
Jean-Philippe Toussaint is the author of nine novels, and the winner of numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Decembre for The Truth about Marie. His writing has been compared to the works of Samuel Beckett, Jacques Tati, the films of Jim Jarmusch, and even Charlie Chaplin.
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