Considered the standard-bearer for the great Franco-Swiss literary tradition, exemplified by authors such as Jacques Chessex and C. F. Ramuz, No?lle Revaz may also remind English-language readers of Louis-Ferdinand C?line: "With the Animals," her shocking debut, is a novel of mud and blood whose linguistic audaciousness is matched only by its brutality, misanthropy, and gallows humor.
Author(s): Noelle Revaz
233 Pages
Fiction, Literary
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With the Animals, Noelle Revaz s shocking debut, is a novel of mud and blood whose linguistic audaciousness is matched only by its brutality, misanthropy, and gallows humor which paint a portrait of masculinity gone mad.
Book Synopsis
Considered the standard-bearer for the great Franco-Swiss literary tradition, exemplified by authors such as Jacques Chessex and C. F. Ramuz, No?lle Revaz may also remind English-language readers of Louis-Ferdinand C?line: "With the Animals," her shocking debut, is a novel of mud and blood whose linguistic audaciousness is matched only by its brutality, misanthropy, and gallows humor. Narrated by the singular Paul--a violent, narrowminded farmer whose unceasing labor leaves him with more love for his livestock than his family--"With the Animals" is at once a fantastically exaggerated and entirely honest portrait of masculinity gone mad. With his mute and detested wife and children huddled at his side, Paul is only roused from his regimen of hard labor and casual cruelty when a farmhand, Georges, comes to work on his property for the summer. His sovereignty seemingly threatened, an element of unwanted humanity now injected into his universe, Paul's little kingdom seems ripe at last for a revolution.
Review Quotes
The first pages of With the Animals herald the arrival of a writer, without a doubt, who reacquaints us with words themselves, with rhythms, with color, with contours, with the materials of language. --Jean-Louis Kuffer, 24 Heures
Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 233
Genre: Fiction
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Noelle Revaz
Language: English
Street Date: May 22, 2012
TCIN: 1010459714
UPC: 9781564787545
Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-5475
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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