Title: Michel Tournier
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, French literature, Critique et interprétation, History and criticism, French Novelists, French literature, history and criticism, 20th century
People: Michel Tournier
LC classification: PQ2680.O83 Z678 1996