Martereau
a novel
1st Dalkey Archive ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Jolas, M. - Contributor
Publication
2004 - Dalkey Archive Press, [Normal, Ill.], Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
62,500 words, Guess
Page Count
250 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3693997M
- ISBN-101564783480
- OCLC Control Number54022620
- Library of Congress Control Number2003070085
- LibraryThing120188
and 1 more
- Goodreads260049
Classifications
- DDC843/.914
- LCCPQ2637.A783 M313 2004
Description
Martereau is narrated by a tubercular young man driven by a compulsion to discover what lies behind fads, especially in relation to the adults and the family around him. He's particularly interested in Martereau, his uncle's devoted friend and business associate. All in all, Martereau seems like a trustworthy, benign, self-sufficient man, but under the narrator's intense scrutiny--and Martereau's suspect behavior concerning a shady real-estate deal--his motives seem much more complex and seedy. In a subtle, skillful way, Nathalie Sarraute explores the difference between those who are wealthy and those who pretend to be so, and the manipulative way in which some people get ahead in the world.
Subjects
Series Statement
- French literature series
Other Editions
- Martereau: a novel
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