· Prehistoric Times – Eric Chevillard. by Elias Tezapsidis [Archipelago; ] Tr. from French by Alyson Waters. In my first college Creative Writing class, my professor underlined the importance of being succinct. “Write a sentence,” he said, “then cross out all the superfluous words.” His second rule was to avoid writing about writing. · Prehistoric Times: Author: Eric Chevillard: Genre: Novel: Written: (Eng. ) Length: pages: Original in: French: Availability: Prehistoric Times - US: Prehistoric Times - UK: Prehistoric Times - Canada: Préhistoire - Canada: Préhistoire - FranceAuthor: Eric Chevillard. · Prehistoric Times by Eric Chevillard; translated from the French by Alyson Waters New York: Archipelago Books, $ paperback; ISBN pages.
Eric Chevillard's Prehistoric Times is meditative, radical, and humorous. This is a compliment to both Chevillard and translator Alyson Waters. The first-person narrator is a guide and guard at a preserved historical site, the Pales Caves—or so he tells the reader. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Prehistoric Times by Eric Chevillard (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! In an entirely original voice, Eric Chevillard asks looming and luminous questions about who we are, the paths we've been traveling, and where we might be going - or not. About Prehistoric Times. The narrator of Prehistoric Times might easily be taken for an inhabitant of Beckett's world: a dreamer who in his savage and deductive folly.
His second rule was to avoid writing about writing; he considered that a cop out. I might have already failed him on one account, but in Prehistoric Times, Eric Chevillard knowingly ignores both of these recommendations, assigning his narrator prose that is both dense and Dada-esque. Éric Chevillard, Alyson Waters. ratings23 reviews. The narrator of Prehistoric Times might easily be taken for an inhabitant of Beckett’s world: a dreamer who in his savage and deductive folly tries to modify reality. The writing, with its burlesque variations, accelerations, and ruptures, takes us into a frightening and jubilant delirium, where the message is in the medium and digression gets straight to the point. English] Prehistoric times / Éric Chevillard ; translated from the French by Alyson Waters. – 1st Archipelago Books ed. p. cm. ISBN I. Waters, Alyson, II. Title. Title. PQHP '—dc23
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