Gilles & Jeanne

Gilles & Jeanne: A Novel (French: Gilles & Jeanne: Récit) is a 1983 novella by Michel Tournier, published by Éditions Gallimard. It was translated into English by Alan Sheridan, and this translation was published by Grove Press in the United States,[1] and by Methuen Publishing in the United Kingdom.[2]

Tournier categorized the work as a "récit".[2]

Story

In the work, Gilles de Rais, normally attracted to Joan of Arc, is in love with Joan of Arc, who presents herself in a masculine style. After Joan dies, Gilles begins to victimize and murder boys, and faces execution for doing so.[1]

Reception

Publishers Weekly described the work as being "fervent and striking".[1]

Galen Strawson, in The Observer, criticized the translation, stating that it weakens the text and that it makes many mistakes. Strawson stated that the "extremely poor" translation ought to "be withdrawn immediately."[3]

References

1. "Gilles & Jeanne". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
2. "SAINT AND COUNTER-SAINT". PN Review. 14 (6). July–August 1988.
3. Strawson, Galen (1987-03-01). "Flames of hell". The Observer. London. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.

Further reading

Works in English:

• Dunn-Lardeau, Brenda; Beckett, Sandra (1996). ""Ogre" or "Saint" ? Reopening the Gilles de Rais Trial: Michel Tournier's Gilles et Jeanne". The European Legacy. Toward New Paradigms. 1 (3). Taylor & Francis: 1133–1139. doi:10.1080/10848779608579540. - Part of the Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Workshop 45 : Representations of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Literature.
• Nettelbeck, Colin (1983). "The Return of the Ogre: Michel Tournier's Gilles et Jeanne". Scripsi. 2 (4). University of Melbourne: 43–50.
• Panek, Melissa Barchi (2010). The Postmodern Treatment of Myth in the Writings of Michel Tournier (Thesis). Catholic University of America.

Works in French

• Smith, Paul J. (2009). "Tournier bricoleur : écrire Gilles & Jeanne". Réécrire la Renaissance, de Marcel Proust à Michel Tournier: exercices de lecture rapprochée (in French). Amsterdam: Rodopi. pp. 171–189. ISBN 978-90-420-2546-2. - #330, 221 total pages, Chapter 9 - Profile
• van der Toorn, Nicolaas (2019). "Réécriture et « Bricolage » : Gilles & Jeanne de Michel Tournier". Le Jeu de l'ambiguïté et du mot: ambiguïté intentionnelle et Jeu de mots chez Apollinaire, Prévert, Tournier et Beckett (in French). Amsterdam: Brill / Rodopi. pp. 116-141. ISBN 978-90-04-41416-7. - Document #435, Chapter 5, book has 210 pages in total
• Wimmer, Norma (2005). "La Sainte et le monstre: une lecture de Gilles et Jeanne de Michel Tournier". Lettres françaises. Revista de Área de Lingua e Literatura francesa (in French) (6). São Paulo: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL) - São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP): 125–130. ISSN 1414-025X. - PDF - Abstract available in English

External links

• Gilles & Jeanne: A Novel at the Internet Archive
• Gilles & Jeanne: Récit at the Internet Archive (in French)
• Gilles & Jeanne (Hors série Littérature) - Éditions Gallimard (in French)
• Gilles & Jeanne (Folio) - Éditions Gallimard (in French)