The Erasers (Books That Changed the World)

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Synopsis
The first book from the French avant-gardist and author of Jealousy. &“Robbe-Grillet is the forerunner of a revolution in the novel&” (Claude Mauriac, cultural critic for Le Figaro). Alain Robbe-Grillet is internationally hailed as the chief spokesman for the nouveau roman and one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. The Erasers, his first novel, reads like a detective story but is primarily concerned with weaving and then probing a complete mixture of fact and fantasy. The narrative spans the twenty-four-hour period following a series of eight murders in eight days, presumably the work of a terrorist group. After the ninth murder, the investigation is turned over to a police agent—who may in fact be the assassin. Both an engrossing mystery and a sinister deconstruction of reality, The Erasers intrigues and unnerves with equal force as it pulls us along to its ominous conclusion. &“On the surface, and surface is the key word with this author, The Erasers is a mystery story, where a police agent named Wallas stalks an unknown assassin through a nameless puzzleboard Flemish town . . . Nothing is certain. The only thing the reader can be sure of is the laser precise detail in which all that isn&’t clear is described, catalogued and analyzed.&” —The Millions &“A haunting, mystifying evocation of a murder that will keep your attention riveted.&” —The Dallas Morning News Praise for Alain Robbe-Grillet &“I can think of no other writer who can render the banal so fearfully fantastic.&” —Books and Bookmen &“I doubt that fiction as art can any longer be seriously discussed without Robbe-Grillet.&” —The New York Times
Copyright:
2017

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780802190550
Related ISBNs:
9780802150868
Publisher:
Grove Atlantic
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Grove Press, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:
Richard Howard

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