When Mathias, a travelling watch salesman, returns after many years to the island of his birth, a young girl is found dead on the rocks. As Mathias makes an increasingly tense recapitulation of his movements on the day of the event, tiny details slowly and inexorably accumulate. Through the warped screen of his distorted mind, the remembered images pile up until the reader is caught in his web of desperation. And yet in the end reality has lost all meaning, as the distinction between the narrator's recollections and the ...
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When Mathias, a travelling watch salesman, returns after many years to the island of his birth, a young girl is found dead on the rocks. As Mathias makes an increasingly tense recapitulation of his movements on the day of the event, tiny details slowly and inexorably accumulate. Through the warped screen of his distorted mind, the remembered images pile up until the reader is caught in his web of desperation. And yet in the end reality has lost all meaning, as the distinction between the narrator's recollections and the underlying facts are more and more blurred. This brilliantly executed novel, which showcases all the techniques that have secured Robbe-Grillet's place in the canon of Western literature, leaves behind a disturbing sense of unrest.
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Add this copy of The Voyeur to cart. $10.33, good condition, Sold by GreatBookPricesUK5 rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castle Donington, DERBYSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by Grove Press.
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Good Condition. Cover shows moderate signs of use, including one or two scuffs and bumps. Contents mostly clean and bright. Bindings solid and secure, spine intact. A good used copy without major defects. Publisher's note: "Mathias, an unsuccessful traveling salesman, returns to the island of his birth after some thirty-five years' absence. Two days alter, a thirteen-year-old girl is found drowned, her body mutilated by spider crabs. The reader's attention is invaded by Mathias's perceptions, movements, and visions, until he finds himself inside the mind of a homicidal maniac. Yet even when the story reaches its terrible climax of rape and murder, there is still some doubt as to when, or even if, the crime has been committed. --Cover." 219 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; French fiction; Murder; Psychological fiction, French; Mental illness; Homicide; Teenage girls; Traveling sales personnel; Teenage girls--Crimes against; Add. Inventory No: 230110ABH011017.
Add this copy of The Voyeur to cart. $9.49, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Grove Press.
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