Le Prix de la litterature octroye a un antiheros d'origine roumaine
The Detective Literature Prize Awarded to an Antihero of Romanian Origin
Author(s): Alexandra-Viorica DulauSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Romanian Literature
Published by: Universitatea »Babes Bolyai« Cluj - Facultatea de St. Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Keywords: antihero; Arsène Lupin Prize; detective novel; J.-C. Rufin; Romanian;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents Jean-Christophe Rufin and his antihero from the detective novel written in French (Le Suspendu de Conakry [The Hanging Man from Conakry]) in 2018. Aurel Timescu is born in a multiethnic family in Ceaușescu’s Romania, where he lived and was formed before he went to France. Becoming a French consul by marriage (exiled in Africa), he solves the enigma of The Hanging Man from Conakry.
Journal: Lingua. Language and Culture
- Issue Year: XIX/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 122-131
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French