%0 Journal Article %T La narration syncopée de Christian Gailly %A Bodzińska-Bobkowska, Jadwiga %J Cahiers ERTA %V 2015 %R 10.4467/23538953CE.15.015.4350 %N Numéro 8 Narrations %P 77-87 %K syncopated narration, jazz, jazz novel, Christian Gailly %@ 2300-4681 %D 2015 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/la-narration-syncopee-de-christian-gailly %X Syncopated narration in Christian Gailly’s works Christian Gailly, a contemporary French writer, former musician, admits he is deeply inspired by jazz and its literary representations. This essay aims to highlight the specificity of his works, which, by the construction of time, space, characters and narration, have become an example of the literary genre called „jazz novel”.