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	'''''Le Fiston''''' (Editions de Minuit, 1959; literally, "''The Son''" or "''The Lad''" but translated as '''''Monsieur Levert''''' or '''''No Answer''''') is a novel by Swiss-born French novelist [[Robert Pinget\|'''Robert Pinget''']]. That same year, he adapted the novel into the play ''Lettre Morte'' (''Dead Letter'').		'''''Le Fiston''''' (Editions de Minuit, 1959; literally, "''The Son''" or "''The Lad''" but translated as '''''Monsieur Levert''''' or '''''No Answer''''') is a novel by Swiss-born French novelist [[Robert Pinget\|'''Robert Pinget''']]. That same year, he adapted the novel into the play ''Lettre Morte'' (''Dead Letter'').

	The first printing of the French edition of ''Le Fiston'' is notable for the fact that it intentionally has no page numbers " . . . eliminating the conventional and convenient points of reference within the text’s 'progression' . . ."		The first printing of the French edition of ''Le Fiston'' is notable for the fact that it intentionally has no page numbers " . . . eliminating the conventional and convenient points of reference within the text’s 'progression' . . ."<ref name=":0" />

	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
	Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpinget0000rosm Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.]</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.9669292 David Vichnar, ''The Avant-Postman: Experiment in Anglophone and Francophone Fiction in the Wake of James Joyce'' (Karolinum Press, 2023) 83–4.]</ref>		Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpinget0000rosm Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.]</ref><ref name=":0">[https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.9669292 David Vichnar, ''The Avant-Postman: Experiment in Anglophone and Francophone Fiction in the Wake of James Joyce'' (Karolinum Press, 2023) 83–4.]</ref>

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	'''''Le Fiston''''' (Editions de Minuit, 1959; literally, "''The Son''" or "''The Lad''" but translated as '''''Monsieur Levert''''' or '''''No Answer''''') is a novel by Swiss-born French novelist [[Robert Pinget\|'''Robert Pinget''']]. That same year, he adapted the novel into the play ''Lettre Morte'' (''Dead Letter'').		'''''Le Fiston''''' (Editions de Minuit, 1959; literally, "''The Son''" or "''The Lad''" but translated as '''''Monsieur Levert''''' or '''''No Answer''''') is a novel by Swiss-born French novelist [[Robert Pinget\|'''Robert Pinget''']]. That same year, he adapted the novel into the play ''Lettre Morte'' (''Dead Letter'').

			The first printing of the French edition of ''Le Fiston'' is notable for the fact that it intentionally has no page numbers " . . . eliminating the conventional and convenient points of reference within the text’s 'progression' . . ."

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	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
	Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpinget0000rosm Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.]</ref><ref>David Vichnar, ''The Avant-Postman: Experiment in Anglophone and Francophone Fiction in the Wake of James Joyce'' (Karolinum Press, 2023) 83–4.</ref>		Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpinget0000rosm Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.]</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.9669292 David Vichnar, ''The Avant-Postman: Experiment in Anglophone and Francophone Fiction in the Wake of James Joyce'' (Karolinum Press, 2023) 83–4.]</ref>

	==Translations==		==Translations==

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	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
	Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpinget0000rosm Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.]</ref>		Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpinget0000rosm Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.]</ref><ref>David Vichnar, ''The Avant-Postman: Experiment in Anglophone and Francophone Fiction in the Wake of James Joyce'' (Karolinum Press, 2023) 83–4.</ref>

	==Translations==		==Translations==

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	*[https://archive.org/details/monsieurlevertno0000ping ''Monsieur Levert'' at the Internet Archive]		*[https://archive.org/details/monsieurlevertno0000ping ''Monsieur Levert'' at the Internet Archive]
	*[https://archive.org/details/noanswer0000robe ''No Answer'' at the Internet Archive]		*[https://archive.org/details/noanswer0000robe ''No Answer'' at the Internet Archive]

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	'''''Le Fiston''''' (1959; literally, "''The Son''" or "''The Lad''" but translated as '''''Monsieur Levert''''' or '''''No Answer''''') is a novel by Swiss-born French novelist [[Robert Pinget\|'''Robert Pinget''']]. That same year, he adapted the novel into the play ''Lettre Morte'' (''Dead Letter'').		'''''Le Fiston''''' (Editions de Minuit, 1959; literally, "''The Son''" or "''The Lad''" but translated as '''''Monsieur Levert''''' or '''''No Answer''''') is a novel by Swiss-born French novelist [[Robert Pinget\|'''Robert Pinget''']]. That same year, he adapted the novel into the play ''Lettre Morte'' (''Dead Letter'').

	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==

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	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
	Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.</ref>		Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpinget0000rosm Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.]</ref>

	==Translations==		==Translations==

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	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==
	Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.</ref><ref>Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.</ref>		Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/robertpingetnove0000henk Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.]</ref><ref>Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.</ref>

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	Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Pinget~~, Robert~~, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref>		Monsieur Levert is a lonely, drunken old man living in the isolation of a Swiss village. He spends his time writing and rewriting a letter to his son Gilbert who ran away from home ten years ago, knowing that he will never complete it and never send it.<ref>Robert Pinget, ''Monsieur Levert'', trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).</ref><ref>Robert M. Henkels, Jr., ''Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest'' (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.</ref><ref>Léonard A. Rosmarin, ''Robert Pinget'' (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://archive.org/details/monsieurlevertno0000ping ''Monsieur Levert'' at the Internet Archive]		*[https://archive.org/details/monsieurlevertno0000ping ''Monsieur Levert'' at the Internet Archive]
	*[https://archive.org/details/noanswer0000robe ''No Answer'' at the Internet Archive]		*[https://archive.org/details/noanswer0000robe ''No Answer'' at the Internet Archive]