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Overview
Claude Simon: Adventures in Words is designed to introduce Simon, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985, to new readers by setting his novels in the context of literary critical debate in France over the last 50 years. Most emphasis is given to peaks in Simon's achievement: The Flanders Road' (1960), The Georgics (1981) and The Acacia (1989). This expanded edition also includes a new chapter on Simon's most recent works, The Jardin des Plantes (1997), and The Tramway (2001).
Synopsis
This book introduces novels by the Nobel Prize for Literature author, Claude Simon, giving emphasis to peaks in his literary achievement.
Booknews
Simon, winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of the most important French novelists to emerge since the 1950s, his distinctive treatment of time, memory, and history making him one of the stars of the nouveau roman. Duncan (French, U. of Stirling, Scotland) proposes a new reading of Simon's work as written adventures, paying special attention to his major novels of the 1980s, The Georgics and The Acania. The excerpts are translated in the endnotes, making the text quite broken for non-French readers. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)