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Arriving in Avignon (Netherlandic and Belgian Literature Series)
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Description for Arriving in Avignon (Netherlandic and Belgian Literature Series)
Paperback. Translator(s): Vincent, Paul. Series: Belgian Literature Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
The Flemish writer Dani?l Robberechts (1937-1992) refused to identify his books as novels, stories, or essays, according them all equal status as, simply, writing. This liberation from genre gives his work, for all its apparent simplicity, an elusive, hypnotic quality, and no more so than in his debut, "Arriving in Avignon," which records a young man's first encounter with that labyrinthine city, and his likewise meandering relationship with a girl from his home town-and indeed virtually every woman he meets. Hesistant and cautious, unable quite to enter nor turn away, the young man seems to circle Avignon endlessly, in the ... Read more
The Flemish writer Dani?l Robberechts (1937-1992) refused to identify his books as novels, stories, or essays, according them all equal status as, simply, writing. This liberation from genre gives his work, for all its apparent simplicity, an elusive, hypnotic quality, and no more so than in his debut, "Arriving in Avignon," which records a young man's first encounter with that labyrinthine city, and his likewise meandering relationship with a girl from his home town-and indeed virtually every woman he meets. Hesistant and cautious, unable quite to enter nor turn away, the young man seems to circle Avignon endlessly, in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Belgian Literature Series
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564785923
SKU
V9781564785923
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About Unknown
Daniel Robberechts (1937-1992) is best remembered for his two works of autobiographical fiction, each centered on a particular city, and now considered classics of Flemish literature: Arriving in Avignon and Writing Prague. At the time of his death, he was engaged in a nine-volume project investigating the manipulative mechanisms of language. Paul Vincent is an award-winning translator of Dutch literature ... Read more
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