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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> | ||
==Translations== | ==Translations== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:36, 26 September 2026
| Author | Robert Pinget |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Fiston |
| Translator | Richard Howard & Richard Coe |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Editions de Minuit, Grove Press, John Calder |
| Publication date | 1959 |
Published in English | 1961, 1976 |
| Pages | 125 |
| LC Class | PZ4.P653 Mo |
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. 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' . . ."[1]
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.[2][3][4][1]
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Vichnar, The Avant-Postman: Experiment in Anglophone and Francophone Fiction in the Wake of James Joyce (Karolinum Press, 2023) 83–4.
- ↑ Robert Pinget, Monsieur Levert, trans. Richard Howard (New York: Grove Press, 1961).
- ↑ Robert M. Henkels, Jr., Robert Pinget: The Novel as Quest (University of Alabama Press, 1979) 70–83.
- ↑ Léonard A. Rosmarin, Robert Pinget (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1995) 46–53.
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