Printemps au parking
| Author | Christiane Rochefort |
|---|---|
| Language | French |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | France |
| ISBN | 978-2253010142 |
Printemps au parking (Spring in the Parking Lot) is a novel by Christiane Rochefort. It was published in 1969 by Bernard Grasset.[1][2][3]
The novel tells the story of Christophe, a young delinquent who enters a relationship with Chinese language student Thomas, by which means he develops as a person.[2][1] The ending of the story was entirely re-written by Rochefort in the mid 1970s, who stated that she and other readers had hated the first version.[1]
Rochefort accounted that, throughout the writing of the book, she had to overcome her unconscious prejudices against homosexual relations. She published the novel between a number of essays about sexuality, in which she wrote that "sexuality is one of the most rapid, most abrupt, most immediate ways of managing to raise consciousness" about politics and ethics.[1]
As of Rochefort's death in 1998,[update] the book has never been published in English.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lucey, Michael (2001). "Sexuality, Politicization, May 1968: Situating Christiane Rochefort's Printemps au parking". differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies. 12 (3): 33–68. doi:10.1215/10407391-12-3-33. ISSN 1527-1986 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ a b Piatier, Jacqueline (May 31, 1969). ""PRINTEMPS AU PARKING", de Christiane Rochefort". Le Monde (in French). Archived from the original on July 27, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ Roudiez, Leon S. (April 1970). "Reviews: Printemps au parking". The French Review (in French). 43 (5): 869–869. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 386162 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Kirkup, James (April 28, 1998). "Christiane Rochefort". Obituaries. The Independent. p. 20. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.