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War - in the mind of the fragile Bea B., in the infinite icy landscape she journeys through, in Vietnam, in 10,000 years of human history. The war of the title is not merely a war of arms but a generalised state of violence permeating every atom of Le Clézio's creation. Bea B. searches for clues for the origin of the evil. Under her searching gaze the most everyday objects - advertisements, cars, light bulbs - reveal extraordinary dimensions, as the earth trembles on the brink of cataclysmic explosion.
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"Beautifully translated by Simon Watson-Taylor" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Persons still in two minds about the meaning of life would do well to study War" (Martin Amis)
"An author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" (Nobel Prize Committee)
"A density of marvellous prose shot through with jagged lightning-flashes of perception...What a writer!" (Sunday Times)
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"Persons still in two minds about the meaning of life would do well to study War" (Martin Amis)
"An author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization" (Nobel Prize Committee)
"A density of marvellous prose shot through with jagged lightning-flashes of perception...What a writer!" (Sunday Times)
A key novel from the 2008 Nobel Prize-winner for literature
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- PublisherWildwood House Ltd
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0704500124
- ISBN 13 9780704500129
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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ISBN 13: 9780704500129
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First English Edition- Precedes The Atheneum New York 1968 Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 300. Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor. Groovy pink jacket by Bill Botten. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Novel. ISBN 0704500124 Fine in near fine dust wrapper with very short closed tear and very slight rubbing at corners. From the working library of novelist Angela Carter (1940 - 1992) with her posthumous bookplate. This small, attractive bookplate reads 'From the Library of Angela Carter' and was designed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press and was authorised by the executors of her estate, from whom we bought the major part of her considerable collection. Seller Inventory # C7841
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