adds to the emerging body of work on intertextuality through expansion of critical examinations of the novels of this award-winning author, presenting him as the ultimate magister ludi.

Sarah L. Glasco is Assistant Professor of French in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. She holds a PhD in Romance languages from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she focused on the contemporary French novel with a supporting program in contemporary Hispanic literature. She has published in the and and continues to pursue teaching and research in her varied interests that include Samuel Beckett, Azouz Begag, multicultural France and immigration policy, and sociolinguistics in language teaching and literature.

«[...] Glasco’s analysis is a rich and valuable resource through which to approach one of the most engaging contemporary writers in the French language.» (Russell Williams, French Studies vol 70, no 3, 2016) «[...] Glasco’s elucidating book marks the first English-language monograph dedicated to this Belgian author.» (Alexander Hertich, The French Review vol. 90.2 2016)

Contents: Bathrooms, the Banal, and the Critical Consensus: Toussaint as Magister Ludi and the Novels of the 1980’s – : (Re)cycling Through Time - Semantics and the Saugrenu – The Evasive Maneuvers of Monsieur - Contextual Evasion – Persuing Pascal(e): Ludic Incongruities via Text, Context, and Intertext in – (Re)presenting Reality: The Reticent - (Meta)narratives of the 1990’s – The Misadventures of Marie: A 21st Century Tetralogy - The Sexual Evolution of Toussaint’s Literary Lovers – Past, Present, Future: What’s Next for Jean-Philippe Toussaint?