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


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Monsieur Levert
AuthorRobert Pinget
Original titleLe Fiston
TranslatorRichard Howard & Richard Coe
LanguageFrench
PublisherEditions de Minuit, Grove Press, John Calder
Publication date1959
Published in English
1961, 1976
Pages125
LC ClassPZ4.P653 Mo

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. That same year, he adapted the novel into the play Lettre Morte (Dead Letter).

Plot summary

Translations

Le Fiston has been translated into English twice: first by Richard Howard for Grove Press in 1961, and then by Richard Coe for John Calder in 1976.

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