Michel Butor
French author and essayist associated with the Nouveau Roman. His novel Modification, narrated entirely in the second person, is a landmark of formal experimentation in French fiction.
Works
- ModificationExperimental novel using second person perspective to depict existential transformation
- Passing TimeExperimental novel of a man's return to his hometown revealing fractured reality
- A Change of HeartExperimental novel of metamorphosis and alienation during a journey through landscapes
- DegreesExperimental novel structured as a university lecture course schedule
- MobileInnovative travelogue following road routes across North America