Djinn is the story of a young man who joins a clandestine organization under the command of an alluring, androgynous American girl named Djinn (or Jean). His search for the meaning of his mission and for possible clues to the identity of the mysterious Dj
These two novellas demonstrate why Alain Robbe-Grillet, the leading practitioner and theorist of the noveau roman, is one of the most discussed and controversial writers of the post-war era. In La Maison de Rendez-vous, the master of the "new novel" creat
Patricia Wells, long recognized as the leading American authority on French food, and her husband, Walter, live the life in France that many of us have often fantasized about. After more than a quarter century, they are as close to being accepted as "Fren