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OverviewWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE 2008 'From that moment on, there was to be a before and an after Africa for me.' In 1948, a young J. M. G. Le Clezio left behind a still-devastated Europe with his mother and brother to join his father, a military doctor in Nigeria, from whom he had been separated by the war. In his characteristically intimate, poetic voice, the Nobel Prize-winning author relates both the child's dazzled discovery of freedom in the African savannah and the torment of recalling his fractured relationship with a rigid, authoritarian father. The African is a memoir of a lost childhood and a tribute to a father whom Le Clezio never really knew. His legacy is the passionate anti-colonialism that the author has carried through his life. ""Haunting' - The Guardian 'Le Clezio is ever the master at rendering existence at the level of sensation with a daring and admirable freshness of language' - New York Times 'A vivid depiction of a splintered childhood and the lovely wholeness procured from it' - Kirkus Reviews AUTHOR: J.M.G. Le Clezio (b.1940) is the author of more than forty works of fiction and non-fiction. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature as an author of new departures, poetic adventures and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilisation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. M. G. Le Clezio , C. DicksonPublisher: Gallic Books Imprint: Gallic Books ISBN: 9781910477847ISBN 10: 1910477842 Publication Date: 07 May 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Haunting' The Guardian 'Le Clezio is ever the master at rendering existence at the level of sensation with a daring and admirable freshness of language' New York Times 'Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization' Swedish Academy, 2008 Nobel Prize 'Mr. Le Clezio is like a post-Darwin Rousseau, decrying the ruination of indigenous cultures around the world' Wall Street Journal 'Le Clezio's book is as much a speculative biography of a man he now realizes he hardly knew as a memoir of a complicated childhood. It is a memory palace, a deliberately disordered evocation of the past that hopscotches through time' Boston Globe 'A vivid depiction of a splintered childhood and the lovely wholeness procured from it' Kirkus Reviews `Haunting' The Guardian `Le Clezio is ever the master at rendering existence at the level of sensation with a daring and admirable freshness of language' New York Times `Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization' Swedish Academy, 2008 Nobel Prize `Mr. Le Clezio is like a post-Darwin Rousseau, decrying the ruination of indigenous cultures around the world' Wall Street Journal 'Le Clezio's book is as much a speculative biography of a man he now realizes he hardly knew as a memoir of a complicated childhood. It is a memory palace, a deliberately disordered evocation of the past that hopscotches through time' Boston Globe 'A vivid depiction of a splintered childhood and the lovely wholeness procured from it' Kirkus Reviews Author InformationJ.M.G. Le Clzio (b.1940) is the author of more than forty works of fiction and non-fiction. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature as an author of new departures, poetic adventures and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilisation. C. Dicksonlived in West Africa for five years and now lives in France. Among her numerous translations are two other novels by Le Clzio,Desert andThe Prospector. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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