Ile et désirs de l’interdit dans Le Rivage des Syrtes de Julien Gracq by Ana Isabel Moniz

“…And this occurs, with few exceptions, throughout the different texts, right from their incipit. In the Prix Goncourt awarded novel Le Rivage des Syrtes for example, – a prize Julien Gracq declined – the protagonist’s crossing of the sea of Syrtes to the Island of Vezzano, conveys the same symbolism of a foregoing voyage towards a discovery. …”
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