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Only UK edition in print
In his most famous and perhaps most typical work, Robbe-Grillet explores his principal preoccupation: the meaning of reality. The novel is set on a tropical banana plantation, and the action is seen through the eyes of a narrator who never appears in person, never speaks and never acts. He is a point of observation, his personality only to be guessed at, watching every movement of the other characters' actions as they flash like moving pictures across the distorting screen of a jealous mind.
The result is one of the most important and influential books of our time, a completely integrated masterpiece that has already become a classic.
Product details
| Published | 28 Sep 2017 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 9780714544540 |
| Imprint | Calder Publications |
| Dimensions | 198 x 128 mm |
| Publisher | Alma Books |
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Reviews
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Robbe-Grillet is a visual novelist for whom perception is intrinsically fascinating but fraught with uncertainty.
The Daily Telegraph
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Robbe-Grillet's career was built on a sly and amusing paradox: of using fiction over and over again to undo the conventions of fiction. But how cleverly and engagingly he did it.
The Independent
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The finest novel about love since Proust.
Vladimir Nabokov
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The novel remains striking in its originality, and Richard Howard's translation from 1959 has held up well.
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