Description
In this disorienting narrative, an unnamed narrator on a South American banana plantation becomes consumed by suspicion and paranoia, convinced his wife is having an affair. Through fragmented, repetitive observations and an obsessive focus on visual details, the novel plunges the reader into the narrator's fractured consciousness. Robbe-Grillet masterfully dissects the nature of perception and the subjective experience of reality, challenging traditional notions of plot and character. The story unfolds not through action, but through the relentless internal monologue of a mind unraveling under the weight of its own jealousy.
Available Editions
paperback
Oneworld Classics
Published Jan 1, 2008
ISBN: 9781847490445
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Details
First Published
1957
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet.