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A French Novel

Frédéric Beigbeder · 2009 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

Held in a police cell after being caught buying cocaine, the narrator is forced to reconstruct the childhood and family he thought he had forgotten. Beigbeder's autofiction won the Prix Renaudot in 2009.

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Attributes

Genre
Psychological
Theme
Memory & TimeIdentity & SelfGuilt & ConscienceClass & Inequality
Form
ConfessionFrame Narrative
Symbol / motif
The Prison
Conflict
vs Self
Mode / tone
IronicRealist
Culture / tradition
French

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