La Complication de l’existence

Essai sur Kafka, Platonov et Celine

by Frederique Leichter-Flack

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Extent: 294 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: Perspectives comparatistes

Series volume number: 5

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(April 2010)

ISBN: 9782812401268

9.49 x 6.14 inches

Price: $41.00

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Hardback (Published)

(September 2021)

ISBN: 9782406120902

9.49 x 6.14 inches

Price: $80.00

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How does the modern novel regard politics? Kafka’s Le Chateau, Platonov’s Tchevengour and Celine’s Voyage au bout de la nuit bear the trace of a historical moment, the period between World Wars in Europe, characterised by a deep crisis in social relations and by the first signs of uncertainty with regard to ideologies of collective salvation.


How does the modern novel regard politics? Kafka’s Le Chateau, Platonov’s Tchevengour and Celine’s Voyage au bout de la nuit bear the trace of a historical moment, the period between World Wars in Europe, characterised by a deep crisis in social relations and by the first signs of uncertainty with regard to ideologies of collective salvation.

  • By (author) Frederique Leichter-Flack