La ronde et autres faits divers
La ronde et autres faits divers
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La ronde et autres faits divers by J M G Le Clezio
Set largely in locations near the French Riviera, these eleven short stories depict the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this very privileged region. Distinguished French writer J. M. G. Le Cl zio lends his voice to the dispossessed and explores his familiar themes of alienation, immigration, poverty, violence, indifference, the loss of beauty, and the betrayal of innocence. In one story an adolescent girl encounters the violence of a gang of masked bikers in a hostile and desolate housing project. In others a man stands by helplessly as a place of great beauty and deep childhood memory is slowly consumed and destroyed by a quickly developing city, an illegal immigrant desperate for work finds himself the prisoner of a ring trafficking in human beings, and two girls risk everything by running away from home and their dead-end factory jobs in search of a more meaningful life. At once tragic and evocative, these engrossing and beautifully crafted stories touch upon the loss of human values in a rapidly changing world. One of France's best-known contemporary writers, J. M. G. Le Cl zio was born in Nice in 1940 and has published more than twenty novels and nonfiction works. He has won numerous prizes, including the Prix Renaudot for his first novel. His most recent works translated into English include the novels The Prospector and Onitsha (Nebraska 1997). C. Dickson is a translator living in France. Her translations include Shams Nadir's The Astrolabe of the Sea and Mohammad Dib's The Savage Night (Nebraska 2001).| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9782070382378 |
| ISBN 10 | 2070382370 |
| Title | La ronde et autres faits divers |
| Author | J M G Le Clezio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Editions Flammarion |
| Year published | 1990-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 281 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |