''Le maintien de l'ordre'' ( Gallimard, 1961), translated as ''Law and Order'', is a

novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...

by French writer

Claude Ollier Claude Ollier (; 17 December 1922 – 18 October 2014) was a French writer closely associated with the nouveau roman literary movement. Born in Paris, he was the first winner of the Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis () is a French literary award ...

written in classic

nouveau roman The Nouveau Roman (, "new novel") is a type of French novel in the 1950s and 60s that diverged from traditional literary genres. Émile Henriot coined the term in an article in the popular French newspaper ''Le Monde'' on May 22, 1957 to describ ...

style. The novel is divided into three parts, and is written primarily in the third-person, objective narrative mode.

English translations

''Le maintien de l'ordre'' was translated by Ursule Molinaro for Red Dust in 1971.

References

1961 French novels Éditions Gallimard books {{1960s-novel-stub