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Description for Newspaper
Paperback. Translator(s): Steyn, Jan. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
In his second "novel," Newspaper, the acclaimed writer, photographer, and artist Edouard Levé made perhaps his most radical attempt to remove himself from his own work. Made up of fictionalized newspaper articles, arranged according to broad sections—some familiar, some not—Newspaper gives us a tour of the modern world as reported by its supposedly impartial chroniclers. Much of this "news" is quite sad, some is funny, but the whole serves as a gory parody of the way we have been taught to see our lives and the lives of our fellow human beings.
In his second "novel," Newspaper, the acclaimed writer, photographer, and artist Edouard Levé made perhaps his most radical attempt to remove himself from his own work. Made up of fictionalized newspaper articles, arranged according to broad sections—some familiar, some not—Newspaper gives us a tour of the modern world as reported by its supposedly impartial chroniclers. Much of this "news" is quite sad, some is funny, but the whole serves as a gory parody of the way we have been taught to see our lives and the lives of our fellow human beings.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
French Literature Series
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564781956
SKU
V9781564781956
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Ref
99-15
About Edouard Leve
Edouard Levé was born on January 1, 1965, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. A writer, photographer, and visual artist, Levé was the author of four books of writing—Works, Newspaper, Autoportrait, and Suicide—and three books of photographs. Suicide, published in 2008, was his final book. Jan Steyn is a South African translator from French and Afrikaans to English. His other translations include Edouard ... Read more
Reviews for Newspaper
"A mixture of thoughtfulness and self-regard, honest interrogation and mere posing... the kind of writing that got us reading in the first place." — Zadie Smith