Djinn

Alain Robbe-Grillet

first published 1981 Grove Press, 1982 128 pages

International Writers

"A haunting, disorienting, brilliantly constructed novel, Djinn is the story of a young man who joins a clandestine organization under the command of an alluring, androgynous American girl, Djinn. Having agreed to wear dark glasses and carry a can like a blind man, he comes to realize, through bizarre encounters, recurring visual images, and fractured time sequences he experiences as part of his undisclosed mission,...

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Djinn paperback · 1988 · Grove Press · 9780394624600
Djinn edition · 1985 · Editions de Minuit · 140 pages
Djinn edition · 1983 · Calder
Djinn edition · 1983 · Calder · 128 pages
Djinn edition · 1982 · Grove Press · 128 pages
Djinn edition · 1981 · Editions de Minuit · 146 pages

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