The seventh function of language
The suspicious death of literary critic Roland Barthes in 1980 Paris reveals the secret history of the French intelligentsia, plunging a hapless police detective into the depths of literary theory as it was documented in a famed linguist's lost manuscript.
| Main Author: | Binet, Laurent (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Taylor, Sam, 1970- (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English French |
| Published: |
New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2017.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: |
The suspicious death of literary critic Roland Barthes in 1980 Paris reveals the secret history of the French intelligentsia, plunging a hapless police detective into the depths of literary theory as it was documented in a famed linguist's lost manuscript. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published in French as "Septième fonction du langage." |
| Physical Description: |
359 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780374261566 0374261563 |
| Author Notes: |
Laurent Binet was born in Paris, France, in 1972. His first novel, HHhH , was named one of the fifty best books of 2015 by The New York Times and received the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman. He is a professor at the University of Paris III, where he lectures on French literature. His other novels include The Seventh Function of Language and Civilizations. |