Desert by Jmg Le Clézio
Young Nour is a North African desert tribesman. It is 1909, and as the First World War looms Nour's tribe - the Blue Men - are forced from their lands by French colonial invaders. Spurred on by thirst, hunger, suffering, they seek guidance from a great spiritual leader. The holy man sends them even further from home, on an epic journey northward.
* 'In scenes of shimmering intensity, Le Clezio contrasts nature's stark and majestic clarity, from scouring sand to the incinerating sun and the vast gleaming net of stars, with the chaos, toxicity, and injustice of human lifeA long time coming for English-language readers, Le Clezio's incandescent masterpiece couldn't be more relevant.' Booklist (starred review) 'As a reader who usually skips from one book to another, it is a singular experience to have found myself, having scarcely finished J. M. G. Le Clezio's Desert, certain that before long I would have an almost physical need to reread it. As I did, a fortnight later... Desert is a book of a beauty as unlimited as the desert itself.' Bernard Pivot, Lire 'A writer of something akin to genius' Sunday Telegraph
J. M. G. Le Clézio was born on 13 April 1940 in Nice and was educated at the University College of Nice and at Bristol and London universities. Since publication of his first novel, Le Procès verbal (The Interrogation), he has written over forty highly acclaimed books, while his work has been translated into thirty-six languages. He divides his time between France (Nice, Paris and Brittany), New Mexico and Mauritius. In 2008 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848873797 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848873794 |
| Title | Desert |
| Author | Jmg Le Clézio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2010-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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