Trio - (French Literature) by Robert Pinget (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Trio marks the first time these three shorter Pinget works are collected in a single volume. From the sublime surrealism of Between Fantoine and Agapa, through the Faulknerian take on rural life in That Voice, to the musical rhythm and flow of Passacaglia, this collection charts the varied career of one of the French New Novel's true luminaries.The space between the fictional towns of Fantoine and Agapa is akin to Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County: an area where provincialism is neither romanticized nor parodied; where intrigue--often violent intrigue--confronts the bucolic ideal held both by insiders and outsiders; and where reality is shaped not by events, but by talk and gossip, by insinuation and conjecture. Written over the course of his career, these three novels are by turns hilarious and dark, surreal and painstakingly accurate; together they demonstrate the consistent quality of Pinget's versatility.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P>Adventurous readers will find nourishment for their imaginations in these works; true fans can fulfill Pinget's wish by reading them aloud.' -Kirkusreviews<br><br>"It can and should be claimed for Pinget that he has produced a sequence of some twenty books over the past three decades, all of which observe the kind of stringent laws of discourse and development that we associate with the Beckett oeuvre...But the comparison with Beckett should not be allowed to mask the fact that this is a wholly original and distinctive achievement."<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><P>Robert Pinget was a major avant-garde French writer, born in Switzerland, who wrote several novels and other prose pieces that drew comparison to Beckett and other major Modernist writers. He was also associated with the nouveau roman movement.
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