Understanding Claude Simon (Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature) - Hardcover

Sarkonak, Ralph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0872496694 ISBN 13: 9780872496699

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 1990

Synopsis

Provides an introduction to the most important novels of the 1985 Nobel Prize winner, and assesses Simon's place in French literature

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Reviews

Nobel Prize-winner Simon is not easy to read: his works of fiction, innovative and experimental in nature, require attentive reading. Sarkonak's study constitutes a very detailed explication of each of ten of Simon's major works of fiction. The works are presented chronologically (one per chapter) from Le Vent (1957) to Les Georgiques (1981). The result is a very good reference tool for undergraduates, or graduates in comparative literature, needing to familiarize themselves with Simon's work. The introduction is succinct, and the conclusion situates Simon in the context of 20th-century literature. The selective bibliography, conveniently arranged for quick reference, provides ample information for further study. For a review of the English translation of Les Georgiques , see p. 109.
- Ed. -- Danielle Mihram, Univ. of Southern California Lib., Los Angeles
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872496694
• ISBN 13: 9780872496699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 170