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The Prospector, a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. G. Le Clézio, has been described as "a novel of intense beauty" by the Review of Contemporary Fiction. Franz Werfel's "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh" tells the heroic story of resistance during the Armenian genocide, with the New York Times Book Review proclaiming it "In every sense a true and thrilling novel."
Georges Perec's "Life: A User's Manual" is considered "one of the great novels of the century" by the Boston Globe, and the New York Times Book Review urges readers to "be dazzled by this crazy-quilt monument to the imagination." Another Nobel Prize winner, Patrick Modiano, is lauded as "a magician at work" by the French newspaper Le Monde for his novel "Honeymoon."
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publisher | Verba Mundi; Reprint edition (October 28, 2014) | ||||
language | English | ||||
paperback | 128 pages | ||||
isbn_10 | 1567925383 | ||||
isbn_13 | 978-1567925388 | ||||
item_weight | 5.6 ounces | ||||
dimensions | 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.4 inches | ||||
best_sellers_rank | #551,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,096 in Metaphysical & Visionary Fiction (Books) #28,441 in Literary Fiction (Books) | ||||
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