The Planetarium - Brossura

Sarraute, Nathalie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 156478410X ISBN 13: 9781564784100

Casa editrice: Dalkey Archive Pr, 2009

Riassunto

A young writer has his heart and ambition set on his aunt's large apartment. With this seemingly simple conceit, the characters of The Planetarium are set in orbit and a galaxy of argument, resentment, and bitterness erupts. Telling the story from various points of view, Sarraute focuses below the surface, on the emotional lives of the characters in a way that surpasses what Virginia Woolf did years before. The spite the young man feels toward his mother-in-law for offering him and his wife cheap chairs for their apartment; the terror inspired during a confrontation with his aunt; and the need to impress his Gertrude Stein-like literary icon are only some of the many internal conflicts that push the narrative forward, as the characters circle each other. Always deeply engaging, The Planetarium reveals the deep disparity between the way we see ourselves and the way others see us.

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L'autore:

Nathalie Sarraute (1900-99) was born in Russia, grew up in France, and was one of the prime movers behind the so-called New Novel, along with Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert Pinget, and Claude Simon. During her lifetime, she wrote eleven novels, a book of criticism, a collection of plays, and an autobiography.

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Book by Sarraute Nathalie

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dalkey Archive Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 156478410X
• ISBN 13: 9781564784100
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 246