Passing Time (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Michel Butor
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: Bleston, an industrial city in northern England
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Traveling or travelers, Alienation, England or English people, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Fire, Cities or towns
- Locales: England, Bleston, England
Characters Discussed
Jacques Revel, a Frenchman hired by an English export firm for one year. He arrives in the northern industrial city of Bleston knowing no one and speaking little English. He walks the cold, rainy streets of the ancient city and becomes obsessed with its strange power, afraid that it will swallow him up as it has so many others. To protect himself from its evil spell, he keeps a journal, describing the maze of streets in the main part of town, the two cathedrals, and the museum. He recounts the events that take place during his stay in a confused account...
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