Desert.

"Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return": FIrst British Edition of J.M.G. Le Clezio's Desert; Signed by Him

Desert.

LE CLEZIO, J.M.G.

$400.00

Item Number: 774

London: Atlantic Books, 2009.

First British edition of what many consider the author’s breakthrough novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by J.M.G. Le Clezio on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the wrap around band. Jacket design by Ghost.

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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