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This book examines contemporary French literature in the light of a widely-held critical notion that it exists 'in the wake' of a period in which avant-garde experimental literature and postmodern writing-about-writing held sway..

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'This book is without any doubt a very welcome addition to an underpopulated field' Dr Oliver Davis, University of Warwick

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Chapter one: Annie Ernaux and the Narrating of Time Chapter two: Pascal Quignard and the Fringes of Narrative Chapter three: Marie Darrieussecq and the Voice of the Mind Chapter four: Jean Echenoz and the Uses of Digression Chapter five: Patrick Modiano and the Problem of Endings The Return to the Story

French Fiction into the TwentyFirst Century

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      Publisher: University of Wales Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780708322734, 978-0708322734
      ISBN10: 708322735

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines contemporary French literature in the light of a widely-held critical notion that it exists 'in the wake' of a period in which avant-garde experimental literature and postmodern writing-about-writing held sway..

      Trade Review
      'This book is without any doubt a very welcome addition to an underpopulated field' Dr Oliver Davis, University of Warwick

      Table of Contents
      Chapter one: Annie Ernaux and the Narrating of Time Chapter two: Pascal Quignard and the Fringes of Narrative Chapter three: Marie Darrieussecq and the Voice of the Mind Chapter four: Jean Echenoz and the Uses of Digression Chapter five: Patrick Modiano and the Problem of Endings The Return to the Story

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