The early work of Alain Robbe-Grillet (born in 1922) overturned the usual ideas about the genre of the novel and marked the beginning of the “new novel” - one of the most revolutionary phenomena in world literature of the 20th century. Robbe-Grillet likes to play on reader stereotypes , parodying classic genre standards. In “Jealousy,” the author diligently exploits the traditional scheme of adultery, but not everything is as simple as it might seem... Moreover, the French title of the novel “La Jalousie” has a double meaning: on the one hand, “jealousy,” and on the other, “blinds,” a curtain through which it is very convenient to peek while remaining invisible...