Writers - (French Literature) by Antoine Volodine (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Here we have the anatomy of the contemporary writer, as imagined by the pseudonymous, "post-exotic" Antoine Volodine. His writers aren't the familiar, bitter, alcoholic kind, however; nor are they great, romantic, tortured geniuses; and least of all are they media darlings and socialites. No, in Volodine's universe, the writer is pitted in a pathetic struggle against silence and sickness--that is, when she's not about to be murdered by random lunatics or fellow inmates. Consisting of seven loosely interlocking stories, "Writers" is a window onto a chaotic reality where expressing oneself brings along with it repercussions both absurd and frighteningly familiar.

Review Quotes

"His talent surfaces time and again in luxurious, hypnotic ways." -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Antoine Volodine is the primary pseudonym of a French writer of Slavic origins, born in 1950. Volodine has published nineteen books under this name, including "Minor Angels" and" Naming the Jungle," both of which are available in English translation. His other names and books include Lutz Bassmann ("We Monks and Soldiers") and Manuela Draeger ("In the Time of the Blue Ball").