A collection of two remarkable short novels that epitomize the project of the nouveau roman,Jealousy and In the Labyrinthbrings the reader into a world where physical space and time bend and change, where a jalousie window blind resonates with the envy of a jealous husband, and where a soldier making a journey finds himself moving in circular time.Alain Robbe-Grillet(1922-2008) was a prominent postwar avant-garde novelist and filmmaker. He was a founder of the nouveau roman literary movement, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor, and Claude Simon. He is the author ofThe Erasers,The Voyeur,Jealousy,In the Labyrinth,Recollections of the Golden Triangle, andLa Maison de Rendez-Vous.
Robbe-Grillet is considered a master of the nouveau roman (the new novel); theTimes Literary Supplement(UK) called him an incomparable artist and he has earned praise from Roland Barthes, Claude Mauriac, Bernard-Henri L?vy, and John Updike, who claims, Robbe-Grillets theories constitute the most ambitious aesthetic program since Surrealism.
In addition to being hailed as a manifesto-writer for the new novel, Robbe-Grillet was an acclaimed filmmaker and remains an icon of French new wave cinema
Grove is reissuing its Robbe-Grillet backlist using a bright, stunning package in a series designed by renowned designer and writer Peter MendelsundNewly reissued with eye-catching covers by Peter Mendelsund, two remarkable novels by legendary avant-garde writer Alain Robbe-GrilletPraise for Alain Robbe-Grillet:
Robbe-Grillets theories constitute the most ambitious aesthetic program since Surrealism. John Updike
Robbe-Grillet is important because he has attacked the last bastion of the traditional art of writing: the organization of literary space Roland Barthes
Alain Robbe-Grillet is the forerunner of a revolution more radical than Romanticism and Naturalils!
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