From the prizewinning author of HHhH, “the most insolent novel of the year” (L’Express) is a romp through the French intelligentsia of the twentieth century.
Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies—struck by a laundry van—after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what if it wasn’t an accident ...
From the prizewinning author of HHhH, “the most insolent novel of the year” (L’Express) is a romp through the French intelligentsia of the twentieth century.
Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies—struck by a laundry van—after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what if it wasn’t an accident at all? What if Barthes was . . . murdered?
In The Seventh Function of Language, Laurent Binet spins a madcap secret history of the French intelligentsia, starring such luminaries as Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Julia Kristeva—as well as the hapless police detective Jacques Bayard, whose new case will plunge him into the depths of literary theory (starting with the French version of Roland Barthes for Dummies). Soon Bayard finds himself in search of a lost manuscript by the linguist Roman Jakobson on the mysterious “seventh function of language.”
A brilliantly erudite comedy with more than a dash of The Da Vinci Code—The Seventh Function of Language takes us from the cafés of Saint-Germain to the corridors of Cornell University, and into the duels and orgies of the Logos Club, a secret philosophical society that dates to the Roman Empire. Binet has written both a send-up and a wildly exuberant celebration of the French intellectual tradition.
Laurent Binet was born in Paris, France, in 1972. He is the author of La Vie professionnelle de Laurent B., a memoir of his experience teaching in secondary schools in Paris. In March 2010, his debut novel, HHhH, won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman. Laurent Binet is a professor at the University of Paris III, where he lectures on French literature.
Laurent Binet was born in Paris, France, in 1972. He is the author of La Vie professionnelle de Laurent B., a memoir of his experience teaching in secondary schools in Paris. In March 2010, his debut novel, HHhH, won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman. Laurent Binet is a professor at the University of Paris III, where he lectures on French literature.
Sam Taylor has written for The Guardian, Financial Times, Vogue and Esquire, and has translated such works as the award-winning HHhH by Laurent Binet, and the internationally-bestselling The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker.
《语言的第七功能》是小说中一份令人趋之若鹜的文件，人们相信只要得到它，就可以成为世界的主宰。故事中的人物翁贝托•埃科解释说，这一切都源自奥斯汀对于“言有所为”（How to Do Things with Words），以及语言之操演（perform）功能的揭示。语言不仅可以叙述和再现，还...
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洛朗·比内 作者
Rottwitz
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传古楼
野人文化2017版
Khaire？
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2 有用 星野变 2017-09-17 00:50:53
开头还像模像样有几分david lodge的味道，后面就逐渐堕落成好莱坞大片式的奇观，到处是为了增加卖点而硬拗的床戏和枪战。logos club的存在还没有森见登美彦的诡辩者俱乐部有深度，除了增加神秘氛围和黑索莱尔斯以外一无是处。最后，作者肯定仇视德里达，让他早死了20多年。
0 有用 Donald 2018-09-14 12:03:20
学术类小说，不少in-joke，读起来也很过瘾，只是结构与节奏有些欠妥。不过话说回来，要想读结构+情节完美的作品，也只有P.G.Wodehouse了，可后者不适合满足知识分子的虚荣心啊，哈哈。
2 有用 Veneanar 2020-12-02 16:35:15
🙃🙃🙃我来补标一个看完满心WTF的。这个粗糙的叙事和杏描写啊。麦艾斯麦麦艾斯
1 有用 牛青李摇棍年大 2018-10-26 22:22:40
很有我想象中的欧陆人文学科幻想小说的气质，因为我觉得搞这些学问的人做梦都希望自己的专业也能有些类似物理学核平地球、生物学僵尸病毒这一级别的超级武器。语言学（及其相关学科）的超级武器是什么呢？魔法！然而作者算是十分克制的了，不是真的魔法，是魔法般的说服力（作为对比，《Y先生的结局》就是完全的魔幻小说了）。然而也许正是因为太克制了，略有虎头蛇尾之感。另，书里一段据说是复述德里达的论述很有意思，可以改一... 很有我想象中的欧陆人文学科幻想小说的气质，因为我觉得搞这些学问的人做梦都希望自己的专业也能有些类似物理学核平地球、生物学僵尸病毒这一级别的超级武器。语言学（及其相关学科）的超级武器是什么呢？魔法！然而作者算是十分克制的了，不是真的魔法，是魔法般的说服力（作为对比，《Y先生的结局》就是完全的魔幻小说了）。然而也许正是因为太克制了，略有虎头蛇尾之感。另，书里一段据说是复述德里达的论述很有意思，可以改一改拿来证明“人类的本质是复读机”。 (展开)
1 有用 schatenfalen 2020-12-03 13:54:36
我被虚假安利了...说好的福柯被sm到失语呢！！！明明只是丫的在伊萨卡的俱乐部里嗑lsd嗑嗨了并且身上有点welts而已！！！（然后就直接被Slimane捞走了...没劲！还不如the passion of Michel Foucault带感！