New Releases
Books in Korean
Books in English
Bilingual Books (English-Korean)
Languages
Korean Magazine
Movies - DVDs
Music - CDs
Gift Items

Desert (The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008)
Desert (The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008)
Desert (The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008)
Item#: 8954606946
Regular price: $20.75
Sale price: $17.64

Product Description
Korean Title: Samak
Author: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
Translator: Sang-hee Hong
Publisher: Munhakdongne
484 pages | 210*148mm

Important! Please read before you order!
>>>This book is written in Korean.

About This Book

Desert, a novel by Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, received a prize from the French Academy. It was published in 1980 by Editions Gallimard. According to the Swedish Academy, the novel "contains magnificent images of a lost culture in the North African desert contrasted with a depiction of Europe seen through the eyes of unwanted immigrants."

Le Clezio has been writing since age seven; his first work was a book about the sea. After majoring in French literature, he became well-known at age 23 with the publication of his first novel, Le Proces-Verbal (The Interrogation), which was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and for which he was awarded the Prix Renaudot in 1963.

Since then he has published about 30 books, including short stories, novels, essays, two translations on the subject of Native American mythology, countless prefaces and reviews as well as a few contributions to collective publications. In addition he is the author of several children's books.

From 1963 to 1975 Le Clezio explored themes like insanity, language, writing and devoted himself to formal experimentation in the wake of such contemporaries as Georges Perec or Michel Butor. Le Clezio's public image was that of an innovator and a rebel, drawing praise from Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze.

In the late 1970s Le Clezio's style underwent a drastic change; he abandoned experimentation, and the mood of his novels became less tormented as he broached themes like childhood, adolescence, and traveling, which attracted a broader, more popular audience. In 1980 Le Clezio was the first winner of the newly created grand prix Paul Morand, awarded to Desert by the Academie francaise.

In 1994 a survey conducted by the French literary magazine Lire showed that 13% of the readers considered him to be the greatest living French language writer.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008. Other French citizens to receive the prize include Gao Xingjian in 2000; he is the first French-language writer to win since Claude Simon in 1985. The Swedish Academy, in announcing the award, called Le Clezio an author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization.


Availability: Usually ships in 5~10 business days.

Can't find what you're looking for? Email your inquiry to hanbooks@opes.net
Special discounts are available for volume orders of $500 or more from bookstores & libraries. For details,
please visit our Wholesale Program Page.
For general information about us and our store policies,
please visit our Help Page.
Privacy Notice
Copyright 2001-2015 HanBooks.com. All Rights Reserved.