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"A haunting, disorienting, brilliantly constructed novel, Djinn is the story of a young man who joins a clandestine organization under the command of an alluring, androgynous American girl, Djinn. Having agreed to wear dark glasses and carry a can like a blind man, he comes to realize, through bizarre encounters, recurring visual images, and fractured time sequences he experiences as part of his undisclosed mission, that he is, in a sense, helplessly blind. His search for the meaning of his mission and for possible clues to the identity of the mysterious Djinn, becomes a quest for his own…

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Editions

6 editions · 3 languages
  • Paperback · English · 1988
    Grove Press · 9780394624600
  • Other · English · 1983
    Calder · 128 pages · 9780714539782
  • Other · English · 1982
    Grove Press · 128 pages · 9780394525693
  • Other · French · 1985
    Editions de Minuit · 140 pages · 9782707310385
  • Other · UND · 1983
    Calder · 9780714539935
  • Other · French · 1981
    Editions de Minuit · 146 pages · 9782707303288
French fictionFiction, generalFrench literatureSpace and timeFictionIdentity (Psychology)