Robbe-Grillet

[ rawb-gree-ye ]

noun

1. A·lain [a, -, lan], 1922–2008, French writer.

Robbe-Grillet

/ rɔbɡrijɛ /

noun

1. Robbe-GrilletAlain19222008MFrenchWRITING: novelist Alain (alɛ̃).1922–2008, French novelist and screenwriter. Author of The Voyeur (1955), Jealousy (1957), and Djinn (1981): he was one of the leading practitioners of the antinovel

Example Sentences

Its obsessive characters, abrupt transitions, abstract narrative and hyper-naturalistic attention to detail also recall the French nouvelle romans of Marguerite Duras and Alain Robbe-Grillet.

From New York Times

She was drawn to outsiders like Jean Genet and those, like Alain Robbe-Grillet, who recoiled from conventional storytelling.

From New York Times

He appeared in experimental films directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet, better known for his avant-garde literature.

From Washington Post

His projects included modern and classic French books, from the memoirs of Charles de Gaulle to experimental novels by Alain Robbe-Grillet to the philosophy of Howard’s friend Roland Barthes.

From Seattle Times

More than two decades after directing “The Blue Villa” with Alain Robbe-Grillet, Dimitri de Clercq makes his solo debut here, with a film as much about memory as Robbe-Grillet’s most famous screenwriting credit, “Last Year at Marienbad.”

From Los Angeles Times