A masterpiece from the greatest of the nouveau roman novelists. You almost experience the book more than merely read it, so adept is Simon at conveying mental and sensual experience. He looks at only a few episodes from different POVs, each POV giving rise to a slightly different style, like Raymon...
The Wind reminds me a bit of film noir or hard-boiled stories; the "movie" of the book is definitely black-and-white. The town (not named, I don't think) has a distinct atmosphere, with its impoverished landscape, swirling with dust kicked up by the monotonous wind, and its sour inhabitants, ready f...
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