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The African

The African( )
Author: Le Clézio, J. M. G.
Translator: Dickson, C.
ISBN:978-1-56792-460-2
Publication Date:Apr 2013
Publisher:David R. Godine Publisher
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $25.95
Book Description:

From master storyteller J. M. G. Le Clézio: winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

The African is a work of bewitching beauty and humanity. With penetrating prose and an eye for lyrical detail, he vividly captures the rhythmic space of his memoir's African backdrop and makes bare the universal complexity of father-son relationships. A triumph!--Chinua Achebe

A short autobiographical account of a crucial moment in Nobel-Prize-winning author...
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Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / French
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Travel / Africa / West
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.954 x 19.304 x 1.524 cm
Author Biography
Le Clézio, J. M. G. (Author)
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, who was born in Nice, France on April 13, 1940, is usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio. After studying at the University of Bristol in England from 1958 to 1959, he finished his undergraduate degree at Institut d'etudes Litteraires in Nice. In 1964, he received a master's degree from the University of Aix-en-Provence with a thesis on Henri Michaux and wrote a doctoral thesis in 1983 on Mexico's early history for the University of Perpignan. He has taught at numerous universities throughout the world and has written around 30 books including novels, essays, and short stories. He received the Prix Renaudot Prize for his novel Le Procès-Verbal in 1963 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008.

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