Le Clezio, J.M.G.

Desert.

Boston: David Godine [Verba Mundi], 2009. First American edition. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

In its citation, The Nobel Committee singled out "Desert" stating, "This work 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. The main character is a utopian antithesis to the ugliness and brutality of European society."

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