num_pages: 246
description: Considered one of the major French writers of our century, Nathalie Sarraute is the author of several novels, plays, and essays, as well as of Childhood, her autobiography. A pioneer of the nouveau roman (or "new novel"), a literary movement that sought to free the novel from the confines of plot, characterization, and time, she was recently honored by the presentation of her complete works in the prestigious Pleiade series (other authors in the series include Honore de Balzac, Ernest Hemingway, and Franz Kafka).
language: English
title: Childhood
titlecomplete: Childhood
genres: France, Biography, French Literature, Roman, Memoir, Nonfiction, School, Literature, Classics, Autobiography
ratings_count: 2421
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Scott Moncrieff Prize
category: Barbara Wright, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera
publisher: Calder Publications Ltd