Slog - Comments on Alain Robbe-Grillet http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet Dead. As a rule, I love French novelists, although I'm embarrassed to say that I've only read The Erasers. I liked it a lot, but perhaps the similarity of many of his novels--lots of them are about detectives, or crime--is what's kept me from exploring him further. I have a few of them on my bookshelf at home. Still, any day that we lose an experimental French novelist and filmmaker is a sad one. (Thanks to Slog tipper Davey.)... Copyright 2008 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:32:34 -0800 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:31:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sachi Wilson Well darn. I love his books! And Last Year at Marienbad is my absolutely favorite movie . . .

]]> Sachi Wilson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940803 Books Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:34:30 -0800 Comment by md So odd. Just yesterday I was in a [large, name redacted] bookstore looking for just one (any one) of his books. No luck.

]]> md http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940810 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940810 Books Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:50:50 -0800 Comment by Alex Schweder As a way or remembering, or perhaps discovering this valuable thinker I would recommend "Jealousy". This was the most incredible exploration of this emotion through an inanimate object. In this work the protagonist obsessively describes his house over and over. Each description is a little different giving insights to the owner's anxiety.

]]> Alex Schweder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940830 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940830 Books Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:34:57 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Jealousy seconded.

Though the real genius of postwar experimental French fiction was Raymond Queneau. Robbe-Grillet's a little dry going, as is Claude Simon.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c940897 Books Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:05:59 -0800 Comment by Donovan Is it true that as he passed away, ARG's last words were (loosely translated): "Fuck you, Resnais."

]]> Donovan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c941163 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/alain_robbegrillet#c941163 Books Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:31:28 -0800