Melancholy of Horsepower (Jean-Philippe Toussaint, with Eadweard Muybridge) -- Man of the Forest (Éric Chevillard, with La Fontaine and Poe) -- Vague Dog (Marie NDiaye, with Beckett, Levinas, Deleuze, Leibniz) -- Barely a Hedgehog, Strictly Speaking (Marie Darrieussecq, with Ponge, Kafka, Carroll, Deleuze, Derrida) -- Epilogue: The Case of the Hermit Crab.
Summary:
"Behold an Animal examines the philosophical significance of animals in the French novel today. It contributes to critical scholarship on contemporary French literature, comparative literature, Derrida and Deleuze studies, and animal studies"-- Provided by publisher.
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