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Wandering Star

by J M G Le Clezio

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ISBN13: 9781931896115
ISBN10: 1931896119
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Le Clzio is that rare combination of best-selling author and artist of the highest order. Wandering Starreceived extraordinary critical praise in France. Pierre Lepape extolled it in Le Monde, noting that Le Clzio neither moralizes nor takes a political stance: "He goes much farther than that, much deeper; he seeks the signs of human misery and of potential peace at the very heart of life, in a confrontation with time and the elements; with the sun and the earth, with birth and death, with the mystery of origins and the enigma of the future, with the necessity of both remembering and forgetting, without which nothing can be healed."

Wandering Startells two discrete stories of two young girls, one Jewish and one Palestinian, who meet once briefly by chance. Their stories are connected by substance, rather than plot. Each is a wandering star in search of a homeland-Esther escaping the Nazi holocaust, and Nejma, who experiences the horrors of life in the camps. Yet through this novel of dark times and human suffering, affirmation shines as the characters encounter the beauty of nature and instances of human kindness and love.

"Wandering Staris a luminous lesson in humanity amid the ruins of civilization and intelligence."-Eric Deschodt, La Figuro

"Wandering Starcan unquestionably be ranked among the very great novels. This is true not only because of the precision and evocative power of the writing, the subtlety and balance of the construction, the magnitude and loftiness of the subject, but also because of the stature and the trajectory of the protagonist, Esther Grve, who survives the holocaust only to be confronted in the land of her dreams with another tragedy."-L'Humanit

Author of over 20 novels, J.M.G. Le Clzioteaches at the University of New Mexico.

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J. M. G. Le Clzio is a, best-selling French author with 20 novels to his credit. Born in Nice in 1940, he now teaches at the University of New Mexico.
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pageater, September 6, 2006 (view all comments by pageater)
J.M.G once again astonishes us with the dance between harsh reality and candor.

He suceeds in balancing events with a complete objectiveness.

In an uncomparable way, J.M.G manages to capture the palestinian and israelian individual perception.

Resulting from his own "exile" is perhaps,the creation of the two main protagonists:"I consider myself an exile because my family is entirely Mauritian. For generations we were fed on Mauritian folklore, food, legends and culture. It is a very mixed culture, a fusion of India, Africa and Europe. I was born in France and raised in France with this country?s culture. I grew up telling myself that there was a somewhere else which embodied my true homeland. One day I would go there, and I would know what it was. So in France I always thought of myself a little bit of an "outsider"." (J.-M. G. Le Cl?zio)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781931896115
Translator:
Dickson, C.
Publisher:
Curbstone Press
Translator:
Dickson, C.
Author:
Dickson, C.
Author:
J.M.G. Le Clezio
Author:
Le Clezio, Jean-Marie Gustave
Author:
Le Clezio, J. M. G.
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
2004
Series:
Lannan Translation Selection Series
Publication Date:
October 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
316
Dimensions:
8.50x5.48x.94 in. .92 lbs.
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