The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan

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By Tanguy Viel

Series: French Literature

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The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan by Tanguy Viel spins a captivating tale about a French author attempting to write an American novel set amidst the vast and enigmatic landscape of Michigan. Through this narrative, the author explores classic themes of mystery and identity, while weaving in elements of a meta-narrative where the act of storytelling becomes central to the unfolding plot. The novel cleverly plays with cultural contrasts, blending suspense and reflection in a unique exploration of literary creation.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate stories that weave intrigue and humour into examinations of American mythology and cinema. Set in Michigan, it explores themes of identity and disappearance, offering a unique, playful narrative style that satirises both crime fiction and the American dream, captivating readers with its blend of wit and suspense.

The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan

Originally published in Editions de Minuit as La Disparition de Jim Sullivan in 2013.

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Tanguy Viel's parody/pastiche of the American novel is subtle and experimental; it tells a story at the same time as it implicitly poses questions about the narrative structure it is deploying. -The French Review

In The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan, disappearance is both a theme and a stylistic device. Indeed, this publication narrates the disappearance of Dwayne Koster, who, fascinated by the story of Jim Sullivan, commits suicide in the New Mexico desert which was the setting of the rocker's disappearance in 1975.

But this novel is for the most part set in the metanarrative tale of its own genesis, and, as a result, is partially eclipsed: its -fictitious- author doesn't relate it in its entirety and keeps adding bits and pieces of first drafts and preliminary sketches to his text, thus blurring its boundaries.

Tanguy Viel's work can therefore be perceived as a double response, existential and aesthetic, to the question of the end.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781628973716

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 July 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Clayton McKee

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 92

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: French Literature Tanguy Viel

About the Author

Tanguy Viel was born in Brest in 1973. He is the author of several novels, including Le Black Note, Cinéma, The Absolute Perfection of Crime (winner of the Prix Fénéon and the Prix littéraire de la vocation), Beyond Suspicion, Paris-Brest, The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan, and, most recently, Article 353 (winner of the Grand prix RTL-Lire and the Prix François Mauriac). He lives near Orléans, France. Clayton McKee is a PhD student in Comparative literature at UCLA. His research focuses on literary translation of gender- and sexuality-based identities of exiled authors between Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. He is also an author, editor, and translator.