These two novellas demonstrate why Alain Robbe-Grillet, the leading practitioner and theorist of the noveau roman, is one of the most discussed and controversial writers of the post-war era. In La Maison de Rendez-vous, the master of the "new novel" creates a world of crime, intrigue, and passion dominated by Lady Ava's mysterious Blue Villa. Set in Hong Kong, the novella unfolds over the course of one evening, but the events of that night recur repeatedly, from the perspectives of different characters. Robbe-Grillet creates an unsettling work that challenges ideas about subjectivity and objectivity, fiction and fact, and the entire process of storytelling. A haunting, disorienting, and brilliantly constructed novel, Djinn is the story of a young man who joins a clandestine organization under the command of an alluring, androgynous American girl named Djinn. His search for the meaning of his mission and for possible clues to the identity of the mysterious Djinn, becomes a quest for his own identity in an ever-shifting time-space continuum.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802130178
ISBN-13
9780802130174
eBay Product ID (ePID)
991370
Product Key Features
Book Title
Maison De Rendez-Vous and Djinn
Author
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
1994
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pq2635.O117a25 1987
Lccn
87-007387
Dewey Decimal
843/.914
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
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