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Anne F. Garréta

    January 1, 1962

    Anne F. Garréta is a French author celebrated for her membership in the experimental literary collective Oulipo. Her writing consistently explores the boundaries of language and narrative, often challenging conventional structures. She is known for playfully subverting grammatical norms, notably in a debut novel that recounts a love story devoid of gendered pronouns. Garréta's work delves into themes of linguistic loss and offers unique perspectives on literary deconstruction, cementing her reputation as a distinctive and intellectually stimulating voice in contemporary literature.

    In Concrete
    Sphinx
    Not One Day
    • Winner of the 2018 Albertine Prize Finalist for the 2018 Lamba Literary Awards Finalist for the 2018 French American Foundation Translation Prize Available in a new edition, Anne Garréta's sensual portrayal of trysts past. Not One Day begins with a maxim: "Not one day without a woman." What follows is an intimate, erotic, and sometimes bitter recounting of loves and lovers past, breathtakingly written, exploring the interplay between memory, fantasy, and desire. Organized alphabetically, Not One Day remembers the evanescent thrill of each encounter, dismissing the ultimatum of truth in favor of an enigmatic assemblange. "For life is too short to submit to reading poorly written books and sleeping with women one does not love."

      Not One Day
    • A landmark literary event: the first novel by a female member of Oulipo in English, a sexy genderless love story.

      Sphinx
    • In Concrete

      • 152 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      3.5(97)Add rating

      The newest novel by Prix Medicis-winner Anne Garreta, In Concrete is a feminist inversion of a domestic drama crossed with Oulipian nursery rhyme.

      In Concrete