Here we have the anatomy of the contemporary writer, as imagined by the pseudonymous, "post-exotic" Antoine Volodine. His writers aren't the familiar, bitter, alcoholic kind, however; nor are they gre
From Antoine Volodine comes a deeply disturbing and darkly hilarious novel whose full meaning, its author asserts, will be found not in the book’s pages but in the dreams people will have after readin
"Irreducible to any single literary genre, the Volodinian cosmos is skillfully crafted, fusing elements of science fiction with magical realism and political commentary."? Music & LiteratureThe most p
Feigning madness in order to escape being tortured by the revolutionary secret police, Latin American civil war survivor Fabian Golpiez is forced to use indigenous names in order to prove his innocenc
"The interconnected works of Volodine?think Faulkner, but after an apocalypse?constitute the most exciting project in contemporary French literature."?Maria ClementiThat is what we had called post-exo
"Irreducible to any single literary genre, the Volodinian cosmos is skillfully crafted, fusing elements of science fiction with magical realism and political commentary."Nicholas Hauck,Music