Michel Tournier
By: David Gascoigne.
Series: New directions in European writing
Publisher: Berg
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Oxford; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Tournier, Michel -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: This intriguing book provides an up-to-date introduction to the works of Michel Tournier, arguably the most internationally influential French novelist of the last quarter-century. This study examines the nature of the attack which Tournier mounts on many of the norms and assumptions of Western culture and his often startling reinterpretation of the mythologies which have nourished and sustained it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-224) and index.