The Planetarium - Nathalie Sarraute - 1965

"Nathalie Sarraute is not only one of the most highly regarded of living novelists but one of the greatest influences on younger writers today... She is the senior member of the post-war school of French writers who are loosely grouped together by the label 'Le Nouveau Roman' and there is no living woman novelist who surpasses her in reputation and in individuality... The Planetarium has the reputation of being the most approachable of Nathalie Sarraute's novels. Like all of her work it is characterised by a relentless revelation of the innermost reality of character. The author ruthlessly seeks out the underlying truth inside her characters, laying bare the unconscious mind, so that the most matter-of-fact observations take on a new importance, revealing unfamiliar facets of personality. In this novel the author depicts a couple in the fashionable Paris world, whose scheme to get possession of the apartment belonging to an aunt, only serves the author in employing her particular technique to give us a new insight into the motivations of action and the underlying reality of character..." - The Planetarium - Nathalie Sarraute. Translated by Marie Jolas Published 1965, Calder Jupiter, New York. Softcover. Approx. 5x7in. 192pp. In good vintage condition.