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Desert
J. M. G. Le Clezio
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Paperback. The international bestseller, by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008, available for the first time in English translation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 350. 352 pages. The international bestseller, by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008, available for the first time in English translation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 350.
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 the hope of finding a land in which they can again be free. Decades later, an orphaned descendant of the Blue Men - a girl called Lalla - is living in a shantytown ... Read more
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 the hope of finding a land in which they can again be free. Decades later, an orphaned descendant of the Blue Men - a girl called Lalla - is living in a shantytown ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848873810
SKU
V9781848873810
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About J. M. G. Le Clezio
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. Since publication of his first novel, Le Proces 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 ... Read more
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