The Flight of Icarus: Novel

by Raymond Queneau

Book Overview

Called by some the French Borges, by others the creator of le nouveau roman a generation ahead of its time, Raymond Queneau's work in fiction continues to defy strict categorization. The Flight of Icarus (Le Vol d'lcare) is his only novel written in the form of a play: seventy-four short scenes, complete with stage directions. Consciously parodying Pirandello and Robbe-Grillet, it begins with a novelist's discovery that his principal character, Icarus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811204839
• ISBN13: 9780811204835
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"