The Giants

Upon an immense stretch of flat ground at the mouth of a river bathed in sunlight rises Hyperpolis. It stands there, surrounded by its four asphalt car-parks, to condemn us - a huge enveloping supermarket. Each of us will see ourselves reflected in the characters who move mindlessly about Hyperpolis, but "The Giants" is a call to rebellion. This bold and inventive novel is the work of a tremendously talented writer and both an intoxicating and exhilarating read.

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio

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 Clezio'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.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Francois Besson listens to a tape recording of a girl contemplating suicide. Drifting through the days in a provincial city, he thoughtlessly starts a fire in his apartment, attends confession, and examines, with great intentness but without affection, a naked woman he wakes beside. And, as Besson moves through an ugly and threatening rain, his thoughts eventually lead to violence, first turned outward and then directed languidly against himself.

The Flood

Contemporary

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

In these nine unforgettable and impressionistic 'tales of little madness', the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clezio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring chaos to our lives. In "The Day that Beaumont became Acquainted with his Pain", a man with toothache spends the night seeking ways to disown his throbbing jaw; in "Fever", Roch finds his mind transported by sunstroke; and, while in "A Day of Old Age" little Joseph tries to comprehend the physical suffering of a dying old woman. Set in a timeless, spaceless universe, these experimental and haunting works portray the landscape of the human consciousness with dazzling verbal dexterity and power.

Fever

Short Stories & Anthologies

Antes de embarcarse a descubrir los paraisos relegados por la civilizacion occidental, en una epoca en que se aconsejaba buscar el extasis a toda costa, el joven Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio tomo las herramientas de la ficcion y exploro las distintas formas que podia ofrecer el delirio, sea que surgieran de un malestar fisico o de una sensacion incomunicable, en la que parecen acechar la presencia de la noche y de la muerte. En La fiebre los desplazamientos mas ordinarios conducen al lado oscuro de las cosas: cada cuento explora una calamidad familiar y con ella revela el habitat enganoso en que nos apresa la modernidad. Un paseante extravia su identidad en el infierno de los otros. Un joven atiende a una anciana en los ultimos instantes de su vida, y resulta contagiado por la desgracia ajena. Un hombre es desafiado por una montana. El dolor, la fatiga o la alucinacion entre otros estados alterados de percepcion conducen a un modo distinto de entender esta realidad. Con el retrato de estas visiones arrasadoras el Premio Nobel 2008 ofrece nueve relatos provocadores y una critica insumisa de los espejismos contemporaneos.

La fiebre (Mar abierto / Open Sea) (Spanish Edition)

Editorial Almadia

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The Giants

War

The Flood

Fever

La fiebre (Mar abierto / Open Sea) (Spanish Edition)