Michel Tournier is a 1996 book by David Gascoigne, published by Berg Publishers.
The book primarily talks about the author's works of fiction, whilst non-fiction works are occasionally referred to within texts to explain the fiction works.[1]
According to Sheila Bell of the University of Kent, the book can appeal to both academics and non-academics, and therefore of the Tournier-related works she reviewed, this would have the highest number of prospective readers.[1]
David Platten of the University of Leeds wrote that this book has a distant perspective and results in "a more wide-ranging, less fanatical" point of view; according to Platten the book is an "attempt to construct a more substantial Tournier Weltanschauung."[2]
References
- Bell, Sheila M. (June 1997). "Review Essay : The challenge of Tournier: Michel Tournier: 'Le Coq de bruyère'. By Walter Redfern. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1996. Pp. 138. H/b £23.00. Michel Tournier. Edited by Michael Worton. (Modern Literatures in Perspective). London and New York: Longman, 1995. Pp. 220. H/b £45.00. Michel Tournier. By David Gascoigne. (New Directions in European Writing). Oxford and Washington, D.C.: Berg, 1996. Pp. 234. P/b £17.95". Journal of European Studies. 27 (2): 213–224. doi:10.1177/004724419702700207.
- Platten, David (July 1999). "Review: From Riches to Rags: Tournier and the World outside the Text: A Review Article". The Modern Language Review. 94 (2). Modern Humanities Research Association: 673-679. doi:10.2307/3736993. JSTOR 3736993.
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Further reading
- Ireland, John (1999). "Michel Tournier". World Literature Today. 73 (1): 117.
- Ramsland, Marie (May 1997). "Michel Tournier, by David Gascoigne". A.U.M.L.A. 87: 121.
- Redfern, W D (1997). "D. Gascoigne, "Michel Tournier" (Book Review)". French Studies. 51: 357.
- Wilson, Emma (1997). "Michel Tournier". French Studies. 51 (3): 357.