Do You Hear Them? by Nathalie Sarraute
An example of the "new novel" as espoused by Alain Robe-Grillet.
Do You Hear Them? by Nathalie Sarraute
Presumed 1984 trade paperback printing
Condition: Near fine, light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.
Publishing Info: Calder, London, 1984
ISBN: 9780714540351
An example of the "new novel" as espoused by Alain Robe-Grillet.
The setting of Nathalie Sarraute's Do You Hear Them? is a dinner conversation between a father and his old friend about a recently acquired pre-Columbian statue. As they discuss the merits of the piece and art in general, the father hears his children upstairs giggling. This childish mirth is barbaric and devastating to the father, for in their laughter he hears them mocking his "old-fashioned" viewpoint and the energy he wastes by collecting lifeless objects. In his mind, they have no respect for what has been of greatest importance in his life.
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