Michel Tournier (Gascoigne book)

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.

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.

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."

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.

Further reading

• Ireland, John (1999). "Michel Tournier". World Literature Today. 73 (1): 117. doi:10.2307/40154506. JSTOR 40154506.
• 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. doi:10.1093/fs/51.3.357 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
• Wilson, Emma (1997). "Michel Tournier". French Studies. 51 (3): 357. doi:10.1093/fs/LI.3.357-a.