![]() ![]() And this is exactly what Sánchez does throughout roughly the next 200 pages. The purpose of this study is made clear at the very beginning by the author: "My main goal is to delineate both the similarities and differences inherent in their fiction" (1). Titles such as Volverás a Región (1967), Una meditación (1969) and Un viaje de invierno (1972) by Benet, or Les gommes (1953), Le voyeur (1955) and La jalousie (1957) by Robbe-Grillet exemplify the core of these writers' production and are essential to understanding the literary movement of which they are main representatives: the Spanish Nueva Novela and the French Nouveau Roman.įrancisco Javier Sánchez's masterful work presents its readers with an in-depth look at the novels mentioned above. These writers had no intention to produce best-sellers but, rather, personal and self-referential novels. ![]() Their works, although always interesting and unique, are often challenging and sometimes frustrate readers. Juan Benet and Alain Robbe-Grillet's works are complex. ![]()
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