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OverviewA key novel from the 2008 Nobel Prize-winner for literature War - in the mind of the fragile Bea B., in the infinite icy landscape she journeys through, in Vietnam, in 10,000 years of human history. The war of the title is not merely a war of arms but a generalised state of violence permeating every atom of Le Clezio's creation. Bea B. searches for clues for the origin of the evil. Under her searching gaze the most everyday objects - advertisements, cars, light bulbs - reveal extraordinary dimensions, as the earth trembles on the brink of cataclysmic explosion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J.M.G. Le ClezioPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Classics Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.203kg ISBN: 9780099530497ISBN 10: 009953049 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 27 November 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsBeautifully translated by Simon Watson-Taylor Sunday Telegraph Persons still in two minds about the meaning of life would do well to study War -- Martin Amis An author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization -- Nobel Prize Committee A density of marvellous prose shot through with jagged lightning-flashes of perception...What a writer! Sunday Times Beautifully translated by Simon Watson-Taylor * Sunday Telegraph * Persons still in two minds about the meaning of life would do well to study War -- Martin Amis An author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization -- Nobel Prize Committee A density of marvellous prose shot through with jagged lightning-flashes of perception...What a writer! * Sunday Times * Author InformationJ.M.G. Le Clezio was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2008. He was born in Nice, France, in 1940 to a French mother and her first-cousin, a Mauritian doctor of French origin who, being born in Mauritius when the island was under British rule, held a British passport. However, the family was completely Francophone. Jean-Marie Le Clezio has travelled extensively and is articulate in English and Spanish, but his true homeland is very much the French language. He spends his time between France (Nice, Paris and Brittany), and Albuquerque New Mexico.He has published more than 40 books since he won the Renaudot Prize in 1963, age 23, with Le Proc s-verbal (The Interrogation), and his works have been translated around the world into 36 languages. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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