Summary
By the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature
In these nine unforgettable and impressionistic ‘tales of little madness’, the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clezio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring chaos to our lives. In ‘The Day that Beaumont became Acquainted with his Pain’, a man with toothache spends the night seeking ways to disown his throbbing jaw; in ‘Fever’, Roch finds his …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141191423 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141191422 |
| Author: | J.M.G. Le Clézio |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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‘So convincing a descent into hell that we are completely caught up in Kafkaesque horror … The author’s verbal felicity is amazing.’ New York Times
‘So convincing a descent into hell that we are completely caught up in Kafkaesque horror … The author’s verbal felicity is amazing.’ New York Times
About The Author
J.M.G. Le Clézio
J.M.G. Le Clezio was born on 13 April 1940 in Nice and was educated at the University College of Nice and at Bristol and London universities. His knowledge of English enabled him to work closely with his translator on his debut novel, The Interrogation, which won the Prix Renaudot in 1963. Since then he has written over forty highly acclaimed books and has been translated into thirty-six languages. The Interrogation is published by Penguin and three of his early novels are now Penguin Modern Classics- The Flood, Terra Amata and Fever. Le Clezio 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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