The Author and Me
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press
Published:12th Sep '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
?ric Chevillard here seeks to clear up a persistent and pernicious literary misunderstanding: the belief that a novel's narrator must necessarily be a mouthpiece for his or her writer's own opinions. Thus, we are introduced to a narrator haunted by a deep loathing for cauliflower gratin (and by a no less passionate fondness for trout almondine), but his monologue has been helpfully and hilariously annotated in order to clarify all the many ways in which this gentleman and ?ric Chevillard are nothing alike. Language and logic are pushed to their farthest extremes in one of Chevillard's funniest novels yet.
Chevillard's surprising, skillful prose and bizarre humor focus on life's stranger possibilities, allowing readers to see things from a distinctly different perspective. Publishers Weekly Peculiar, funny and intellectually rich... It's clear we're deep into an allegory of the frustrations of making original art. But on this score, Chevillard needn't worry--this is accessible, surprising and satisfying metafiction. A curious, cleverly constructed matryoshka doll of unreliable narrators. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) One of the most hilarious novels I've ever read. Flavorwire A thousand cheers...for Eric Chevillard's wonderful The Author and Me. A cross between Beckett's Molloy and Monty Python, it is the funniest novel I've read yet. Three Percent Should be required reading for every would-be student of literature in this generation. Harvard Crimson
- Commended for Best Translated Book Award (Fiction) 2015
ISBN: 9781628970753
Dimensions: 215mm x 145mm x 13mm
Weight: 222g
170 pages