These four novels by Christine Brooke-Rose each develop distinctive narrative patterns, changing the structures, textures, forms, and idioms of fiction to explore the central tensions and contradictions in culture. The novels are distinguished by their high wit, restless inventiveness, and the sharp focus of a European humanist reflecting on that culture. Her finest novel completely succeeds because subject and language are one. Angus Wilson on Between If we are ever to experience in English the serious practice of narrative as the French have developed it over the last few years, we shall have to attend to Christine Brooke-Rose. Frank Kermode on Thru Out represents quite a new departure in Miss Brooke-Rose's work... a splendid achievement... Isobel English Such is a runaway success for her original technique... funny, painful, exciting, haunting... Elizabeth Smart Christine Brooke-Rose taught at the University of Paris and is the author of Amalgamemnon, Textermination , Verbivore, and Xorandor . Used Book in Good Condition