Review of Contemporary Fiction, July 1st, 2004
John Taylor. Paths to Contemporary French Literature. Transaction, 2004. 358 pp. $44.95. The paths that John Taylor invites us to walk in this book are inviting ones: fifty-five luminous essays devoted to the broad avenues and the seductive byways of contemporary writing in France. With the exception of two pieces (devoted to the New Fiction and current trends in French poetry, respectively), the focus of these essays is monographic. Some of their subjects, like Marguerite Duras, Henri Michaux, Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon, and Georges Perec, will be familiar to most general readers; other...
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