Jean Echenoz
French author associated with the Editions de Minuit whose deceptively light novels hide a sophisticated engagement with the nature of fiction. I'm Gone won the Prix Goncourt and Running is a brilliant biographical novella about Emil Zatopek.
Works
- I'm GoneNovel of escape and disappearance in compressed, minimalist prose
- RunningAthletic novel following a distance runner's obsessive dedication and decline
- PianoStory of a concert pianist's redemption through music and love
- RavelBiographical novel of composer Maurice Ravel's life and creative genius
- LightningNovel charting a scientist's sudden disappearance and presumed death