Hervé Guibert: Voices of the Self
Jean Pierre Boulé
Abstract
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 the author'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, w ... More
Keywords: Hervé Guibert, novels, roman faux, HIV, voices, literary output
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1999 | Print ISBN-13: 9780853238614 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: June 2013 | DOI:10.5949/UPO9781846313271 |
