Marie NDiaye: Inhospitable Fictions

by Shirley Jordan

Book Overview

At stake throughout the fictional writings of Marie NDiaye (1967-) is the issue of the stranger's welcome. NDiaye's fascination with a spectrum of outsider figures and with the multiple, often subtle practices which create and sustain social groups as bounded entities, gives rise to detailed and disquieting portrayals not of hospitality but of the mechanisms and rituals of repulsion.

Engaging with critical theory on hospitality across the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781883815
• ISBN13: 9781781883815
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Legenda
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"