The Planetarium

Nathalie Sarraute · 1900–1999 · France

Originally Le Planétarium (French)

Why it matters

A young man's petty obsession with acquiring his aunt's apartment unfolds through shifting, unnamed interior viewpoints. Sarraute dissolves character into pure psychological movement, refusing the novel's usual social scaffolding.

At a glance

Unnamed, shifting viewpoints dissolve conventional character and plot.