Saint Glinglin
Queneau, Raymond; Sallis, James
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Description for Saint Glinglin
Paperback. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
Queneau's tragicomic masterpiece which retells in an array of styles the primal Freudian myth of sons killing the father.Queneau satirizes anthropology, folklore, philosophy, and epistemology while spinning a story as appealing as a fairy tale about a land where it never rains and a bizarre festival is held every Saint Glinglin's Day.
Queneau's tragicomic masterpiece which retells in an array of styles the primal Freudian myth of sons killing the father.Queneau satirizes anthropology, folklore, philosophy, and epistemology while spinning a story as appealing as a fairy tale about a land where it never rains and a bizarre festival is held every Saint Glinglin's Day.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
French Literature Series
Number of Pages
169
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564782304
SKU
V9781564782304
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99-15
About Queneau, Raymond; Sallis, James
Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others. James Sallis after attending Tulane University, moved to London in the mid-60s and edited ... Read more
Reviews for Saint Glinglin
"Queneau's funny, philosophical nonsense is addictive."
PW "Queneau's riveting language provides an entree to complex existentialist meditations on the alienation of both fish and humans from nature and to brilliantly inventive discourses on insects. The plot is fantastical but interwoven with enough threads of reality to keep the reader turning pages. A fine rendition of one of Queneau's most ... Read more
PW "Queneau's riveting language provides an entree to complex existentialist meditations on the alienation of both fish and humans from nature and to brilliantly inventive discourses on insects. The plot is fantastical but interwoven with enough threads of reality to keep the reader turning pages. A fine rendition of one of Queneau's most ... Read more