| The Erasers Contributor(s): Robbe-Grillet, Alain (Author), Howard, Richard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0802150861 ISBN-13: 9780802150868 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: Alain Robbe-Grillet is internationally hailed as the chief spokesman for the noveau roman and one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. The Erasers, his first novel, reads like a detective story but is primarily concerned with weaving and then probing a complete mixture of fact and fantasy. The narrative spans the twenty-four-hour period following a series of eight murders in eight days, presumably the work of a terrorist group. After the ninth murder, the investigation is turned over to a police agent, who may in fact be the assassin. Both an engrossing mystery and a sinister deconstruction of reality, The Erasers intrigues and unnerves with equal force as it pull us along to its ominous conclusion. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 61011766 |
| Series: Robbe-Grillet, Alain |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.44" W x 8.3" (0.62 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Alain Robbe-Grillet is internationally hailed as the chief spokesman for the noveau roman and one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. The Erasers, his first novel, reads like a detective story but is primarily concerned with weaving and then probing a complete mixture of fact and fantasy. The narrative spans the twenty-four-hour period following a series of eight murders in eight days, presumably the work of a terrorist group. After the ninth murder, the investigation is turned over to a police agent, who may in fact be the assassin. Both an engrossing mystery and a sinister deconstruction of reality, The Erasers intrigues and unnerves with equal force as it pull us along to its ominous conclusion. |