Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Born: August 18, 1922
Died: February 18, 2008 (aged 85)
Bio: Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon, one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman trend.
Known for:
- La Jalousie (1957)
- Pour un nouveau roman (1963)
- Djinn (1981)
- The voyeur (1958)
- La Maison de rendez-vous (1953)