French Fiction into the Twenty-First Century
The Return to the Story

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Introduction
Chapter One: Annie Ernaux and the Narrating of Time
Chapter Two: Pascal Quignard and the Fringes of Narrative
Chapter Three: Marie Darrieussecq and the Voice of the Mind
Chapter Four: Jean Echenoz and the Uses of Digression
Chapter Five: Patrick Modiano and the Problem of Endings
The Return to the Story
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
"In what is a clear and accessible book, Kemp affirms that current French fiction explores narrative possibilities in order to express new visions of the human condition and the world. . . . Recommended."—Choice
Literature and Literary Criticism: Romance Languages
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