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Tropisms
Sign in to saveTropisms ( ) is an experimental novel by Nathalie Sarraute, first published in 1939. It is considered a forerunner of the Nouveau Roman. Jean Genet, Marguerite Duras and Jean-Paul Sartre all described it as a masterpiece.
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- Author
- Nathalie Sarraute
- First published
- 1963
- Editions
- 6
- Subjects
- Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, general, Psychological fiction, French fiction, Translations into English, New novel (Literary movement)
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- Author
- Nathalie Sarraute
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Original language
- French
- Movement
- Nouveau Roman
- Image
- Tropismoak babes orriak.jpg
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- publication date
- 1939-00-00
- inception
- 2021-00-00
- location of formation
- San Sebastián
- title
- Tropismoak
- number of pages
- 152
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Tropisms ( ) is an experimental novel by Nathalie Sarraute, first published in 1939. It is considered a forerunner of the Nouveau Roman. Jean Genet, Marguerite Duras and Jean-Paul Sartre all described it as a masterpiece.
The title refers to tropisms, stimuli to plant growth; in the human sense, Sarraute imagined tropisms as "interior movements that precede and prepare our words and actions, at the limits of our consciousness."
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