Two novels by Robbe-Grillet : Jealousy and In the labyrinth

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Two novels by Robbe-Grillet : Jealousy and In the labyrinth

by Robbe-Grillet ; translated by Richard Howard

Grove Press, c1965

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La jalousie

Dans le labyrinthe

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Bibliography: p. [273]-279

Contents of Works
  • Surfaces and structures in Robbe-Grillet's novels / by Bruce Morrissette
  • Objective literature : Alain Robbe-Grillet / by Roland Barthes
  • A note on jealousy / by Anne Minor
  • Jealousy
  • In the labyrinth
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Here, in one volume, are two remarkable novels by the chief spokesman of the so-called "new novel" which has caused such discussion and aroused such controversy. "Jealousy," said the New York Times Book Review "is a technical masterpiece, impeccably contrived." "It is an exhilarating challenge," said the San Francisco Chronicle. The Times Literary Supplement of London called Robbe-Grillet an "incomparable artist" and the Guardian termed Jealousy "an extraordinary book." In his native France, leading critic Maurice Nadeau wrote in France-Observateur that "In the Labyrinth is better than an excellent novel: it is a great work of literature," and fellow novelist and critic Claude Roy judged the same work Robbe-Grillet's "best book," while here in America the "Parade of Books" column called In the Labyrinth "a highly emotional experience for the reader" and went on to predict: "Robbe-Grillet will take his place in world literature as a successor of Balzac and Proust." This volume, which offers incisive essays on Robbe-Grillet by Professor Bruce Morrissette of the University of Chicago and by French critics Roland Barthes and Anne Minor, also contains a helpful bibliography of writings by and about the author.

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