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Jean Echenoz, Mark Polizzotti
A thrilling, inventive, playful, and unorthodox detective and caper novel, the latest work by a French master.
A thrilling, inventive, playful, and unorthodox detective and caper novel, the latest work…
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Jean Echenoz
A dazzling satirical spy novel, part La Femme Nikita, part Pink Panther and part Le Carre-from one of the world’s preeminent authors
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This Master's thesis is part of a comparative aesthetics study of cinematographic techniques in the novel Les Grandes Blondes by French writer Jean Echenoz. The main aim of this study…
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A beguiling and original evocation of the last ten years in the life of the eccentric musician, Maurice Ravel.
During the Inter-Alliance Games of Berlin, the World laughed when they saw Emil Zapotek. But after two Olympic Games he seemed invincible, not even the Czechoslovakian regime could stop him…
In 1946 during the Inter-Alliance Games of Berlin, the World laughed when they saw the clumsy looking man on the poster for Czechoslovakia. But as he accelerated during the 5000…
Cinq hommes sont partis a la guerre, une femme attend le retour de deux d'entre eux. Reste a savoir s'ils vont revenir. Quand. Et dans quel etat.Ainsi Jean Echenoz…
Jean Echenoz compiles seven stories of the heroic Admiral Nelson who led the Battle of Trafalgar. The writer shows a wide view of the Mayenne countryside and let us get…
An old general asks trusted lieutenant Paul Objat, about a person he wants for a particular job: a pretty, easily manipulated female. Objat has someone in mind: Constance, an attractive…
Renowned singer Gloire Stella has mysteriously disappeared. When a television producer tries to track her down, Gloire goes on the run. From the cliffs of Brittany to the back alleys…
Following his brilliant portrait of Maurice Ravel, Jean Echenoz turns to the life of one of the greatest runners of the twentieth century, and once again demonstrates his astonishing abilities…
Drawn from the life of Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest inventors of his time, Lightning is a captivating tale of one man’s curious fascination with the marvels of science…
Ravel is a beguiling and original evocation of the last ten years in the life of the musical genius Ravel, written by novelist Jean Echenoz. The book opens in 1928…
Originally published in France as 14 by Les Editions de Minuit, 7, rue Bernard-Palissy, 75006, Paris, 2012. –Title page verso.
After a series of coincidences and disasters 3 people find themselves aboard a spacecraft. Brimming with Jean Echenoz’s inimitable humor, We Three is both a satirical take on the adventure…
With his trademark comically wry phrasing and a sure eye for quirky detail, Echenoz has produced his oddest and most enjoyable novel to date. Chopin’s Move interweaves the fates of…
Jean Echenoz,Mark Polizzotti
Max Delmarc is a middle-aged concert pianist with a sharp case of stage fright and something of a drink problem. We follow Max to his untimely death and out into…
France’s preeminent fiction writer is frequently credited with a kind of literary magic, an ability to craft stories with such precision and detail that readers are caught off guard by…
Christine Keidel
Diese Arbeit untersucht die fragmentarische Erzahlweise in zeitgenoessischen Romanen von Jean-Philippe Toussaint und Jean Echenoz. Sie stellt das Fragment als grundlegenden Formgedanken der asthetischen Moderne in einen wirkungsgeschichtlichen Langzeitzusammenhang, indem…
Distributed by Perseus Distribution –T.p. verso.
‘I’m Gone’ tells the story of an urbane art and antiques dealer who abandons his wife and career to pursue a memorably pathetic international crime spree.
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Small-town politics can be vicious.
