passage, ritual and liminality in contemporary French narrative /
Jean H. Duffy
Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2011
x, 356 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;
18
Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-347) and index
At death's door: illness, ritual and liminality in Darrieussecq, Lenoir, and Mauvignier -- Suicide and saving face in Bon, Mauvignier and Bergounioux -- Commemmoration, monument and identity in Bergounioux, Darrieussecq and Rouaud -- Retouching the past: family photographs and documents in Rouaud, Bon and Lenoir -- Conclusion: writing passage and the passage to writing
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Autobiographical fiction, French-- History and criticism
French fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism
French fiction-- 21st century-- History and criticism