The great fire of London : a story with interpolations and bifurcations

Translation of: Le grand incendie de Londres

"Part novel and part autobiography, The Great Fire of London, is one of the great literary undertakings of the last fifty years. At various times exasperating ... it has its origins in Jacques Roubaud's attempt to come to terms with the death of his young wife Alexis ... Having failed to write his intended novel ("The Great Fire of London"), instead he creates a book that is about that failure, but in the process opens up the world of the creative process ..."--Back cover