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Called by some the French Borges, by others the creator of le nouveau roman a generation ahead of its time, Raymond Queneau's work in fiction continues to defy strict categorization. The Flight of Icarus (Le Vol d'lcare) is his only novel written in the form of a play: seventy-four short scenes, complete with stage directions. Consciously parodying Pirandello and Robbe-Grillet, it begins with a novelist's discovery that his principal character, Icarus by name, has vanished. This, in turn, sets off a rash of other such disappearances. Before long, a number of desperate authors are found in search of their fugitive characters, who wander through the Paris of the 1890s, occasionally meeting one another, and even straying into new novels. Icarus himself--perhaps following the destiny his name suggests--develops a passion for horseless carriages, kites, and machines that fly. And throughout the almost vaudevillian turns of the plot, we are aware, as always, of Queneau's evident delight at holding the thin line between farce and philosophy.
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The Flight of Icarus is Raymond Queneau's only novel written in the form of a play: seventy-four short scenes, complete with stage directions. Consciously parodying Pirandello and Robbe-Grillet, it begins with a novelist's discovery that his principal character, Icarus by name, has vanished. This in turn, sets off a rash of other such disappearances.
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Raymond Queneau (1903-1976) is acknowledged as one of the most influential of modern French writers, having helped determine the shape of twentieth-century French literature, especially in his role with the Oulipo, a group of authors that includes Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and Harry Mathews, among others.
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- PublisherCalder Publications Ltd
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0714509639
- ISBN 13 9780714509631
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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The Flight of Icarus: A Novel
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Caldar & Boyars, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0714509639
ISBN 13: 9780714509631
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Very good condition. From the collection of poet Gavin Ewart, with his name penned on F.E.P. and dated July 1973. In unclipped dust jacket, with tanned back and sunned spine. Pages and text fine. RB. Used. Seller Inventory # 506449
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