Hervé Guibert
Voices of the Self
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
256 pages
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6 x 9
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© 1999
This is the first full-length study to cover the complete texts of Hervé Guibert (1955–1991), offering a thorough documentation of his literary output. The book is guided by Guibert’s relation to the novel, a major line of enquiry throughout, as well as his experimentation with voices in particular. One of Boulé’s main contentions is that Guibert arrives at the creation of a new literary genre, the roman faux, with the publication of his best-known work To the Friend who did not save my life. The book ends by considering the works Guibert produced after he was diagnosed as HIV positive, within the parameter of the voices of the self.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Youthful Writings
2. Photographic
Writing
3. Towards the Novel
4. Image and Text
5. The 'Novel'
6. 'Autobiography'
7. Towards the roman faux
8. The roman faux
9. Thanatographical Writing
10. The Fictitious, the Fake or the Delirious
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Notes
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Youthful Writings
2. Photographic
Writing
3. Towards the Novel
4. Image and Text
5. The 'Novel'
6. 'Autobiography'
7. Towards the roman faux
8. The roman faux
9. Thanatographical Writing
10. The Fictitious, the Fake or the Delirious
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Notes
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