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Writers

Here we have the anatomy of the contemporary writer, as imagined by the pseudonymous, "post-exotic" Antoine Volodine. His writers aren't the familiar, bitter, alcoholic kind, however; nor are they great, romantic, tortured geniuses; and least of all are they media darlings and socialites. No, in Volodine's universe, the writer is pitted in a pathetic struggle against silence and sickness — that is, when she's not about to be murdered by random lunatics or fellow inmates. Consisting of seven loosely interlocking stories, Writers is a window onto a chaotic reality where expressing oneself brings along with it repercussions both absurd and frighteningly familiar.

Originally published in French as Ecrivains by Seuil, Paris, 2010.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 108
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781628970401
  • Genres
  • fiction, france
  • Release date
  • 2014