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Pascale Casanova Reads Jean Echenoz's Nous Trois

publication · 2026-04-23

Jean Echenoz, author of four previous novels—Le Méridien de Greenwich, Cherokee, L'Équipée malaise, and Lac—has released a fifth novel, Nous trois. Unlike his earlier works, which play with genres like noir, adventure, and espionage, this novel abandons homage and pre-existing structures. Pascale Casanova offers her personal reading of Nous trois in the December 1992 issue of artpress.

Key facts

  • Jean Echenoz published Nous trois in 1992.
  • His previous novels include Le Méridien de Greenwich, Cherokee, L'Équipée malaise, and Lac.
  • Earlier works engaged with noir, adventure, and espionage genres.
  • Nous trois marks a departure from homage and pre-existing structures.
  • Pascale Casanova provides a personal interpretation of the novel.
  • The article appears in artpress's December 1992 issue.

Entities

Artists

  • Jean Echenoz
  • Pascale Casanova
  • Claude Murcia

Institutions

  • artpress

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