← Claude SimonThe Grassby Claude SimonModernist novel about soldiers and civilians during wartimeFind on Amazon↗About the authorClaude SimonFrench Nobel laureate and major figure of the Nouveau Roman whose novels explore memory, time, and history through dense, labyrinthine prose. The Flanders Road is considered his masterpiece.More by Claude SimonThe Flanders RoadWar novel set during German occupation tracing memory and desire→The WindExperimental narrative exploring sensation and perception of movement→The PalaceExperimental fiction set in a decaying Eastern European palace→The Georgics→