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Jealousy & In the Labyrinth

by Alain Robbe-Grillet · 1960

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Here, in one volume, are two remarkable novels by the chief spokesman of the so-called "new novel" which has caused such discussion and aroused such controversy. "Jealousy," said the New York Times Book Review "is a technical masterpiece, impeccably contrived." "It is an exhilarating challenge," said the San Francisco Chronicle.

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1960s1960sMore like thisLess of this
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