The Four Wise Men

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The Four Wise Men

novel by Tournier

Also known as: “Gaspard, Melchior, Balthasar”

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…novel Gaspard, Melchior, Balthasar (1980; The Four Wise Men) were subversive rewritings of ancient tales. Other writers provided more direct responses to the political and economic frustrations of the decade: J.M.G. Le Clézio’s apocalyptic fictions, for example, evoked the alienation of life in technological, consumerist society.
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…novel Gaspard, Melchior, Balthasar (1980; The Four Wise Men) were subversive rewritings of ancient tales. Other writers provided more direct responses to the political and economic frustrations of the decade: J.M.G. Le Clézio’s apocalyptic fictions, for example, evoked the alienation of life in technological, consumerist society.
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