Mathias, a timorous, ineffectual traveling salesman, returns to the island of his birth after a long absence. This page contains details about the fiction book the voyeur by alain robbegrillet published in 1953. He was one of the figures most associated with the nouveau roman new novel trend of the 1960s, along with nathalie sarraute, michel butor and claude simon. The voyeur books that changed the world kindle edition. Robbegrillets first four novels the erasers 1953, jealousy 1957, the voyeur 1958 and in the labyrinth 1960 are really the finest thing in french fiction.
Two days later, a thirteenyearold girl is found drowned and mutilated. One of robbegrillets most important works and winner of the 1955 prix des critiques, the voyeur tells the gripping story of a thirteenyearold girl who is found drowned. Upon first reading of the voyeur, youre thrown by the repetition of the lead characters thoughts. The voyeur books that changed the world kindle edition by robbegrillet, alain, howard, richard. See more ideas about writer, screenwriting and novels. Robbegrillet was a master at conveying human misunderstanding. Robbegrillet was trained as a statistician and agronomist.
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