Triptych (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Claude Simon
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: A farm valley, a Riviera beach resort, and a city in northern France
- Genres: Long fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: 1970’s, France or French people, Authors or writers, Art or artists, Writing, Novelists, Reality, Farms, farmers, or farming, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Beaches or seashores, Clowns, Resorts or spas
- Locales: Riviera
Characters Discussed
Corinne, a middle-aged actress. She spends her time in bed reading about a young man and woman who have recently been married. She is worried about her son, who has problems with drugs and who is under investigation by the police. She asks her friends Brown and Lambert to secure the release of her son.
Lambert, an Englishman who has made love to Corinne with the apparent understanding that he will intervene with the police authorities to secure her son’s release from jail.
Brown, an overweight, middle-aged friend of Corinne. He has a...
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