Description: In this book, Claire Boyle presents an account of the death of autobiography in the post-war era of French literature. She challenges assumptions that are sometimes made about why it is that writers are reluctant to be associated with the genre of autobiography.
Review Quotes: This is a thoroughly engaging and intelligent work, updating existing scholarship and opening up new avenues of inquiry'.--Jane Hiddleston "Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly 31.4, Fall 2008 "