Le Clézio, Jean Marie Gustave.

The Book of Flights – An Adventure Story. (Translation of Le Livre des Fuites) Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.

New York, Atheneum, 1972. 8°. 319 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket in very good plus (rather better) condition. Rare FIRST American Edition. The jacket with few flaws but complete. The volume itself only with very few signs of use (a little bit of foxing to the edge). Slightly crooked but overall a wonderful collectible.

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (born 4 April 1940) writing under the pen name J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a French author and Nobel laureate. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal.
Le Clézio has been writing since age seven; his first work was a book about the sea. After majoring in French literature, he became well-known at age 23 with the publication of his first novel Le Procès-Verbal (The Interrogation), which was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and for which he was awarded the Prix Renaudot in 1963. Since then he has published more than thirty-six books, including short stories, novels, essays, two translations on the subject of Native American mythology, prefaces and reviews as well as contributions to collective publications. He is also the author of several children’s books.
From 1963 to 1975, Le Clézio explored themes such as insanity, language, writing and devoted himself to formal experimentation in the wake of such contemporaries as Georges Perec or Michel Butor. His public image was that of an innovator and a rebel, drawing praise from Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze.
In the late 1970s, Le Clézio’s style underwent a drastic change; he abandoned experimentation, and the mood of his novels became less tormented as he broached themes like childhood, adolescence, and traveling, which attracted a broader, more popular audience. In 1980, Le Clézio was the first winner of the newly created Grand Prix Paul Morand, awarded to Désert by the Académie Française.In 1994, a survey conducted by the French literary magazine Lire showed that 13 percent of the readers considered him to be the greatest living French language writer. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: French Literature · French Literature – Rare · International Literature – Rare · Literature · Literature Francaise · Nobel Laureate · World Literature
• Language: Français
• Inventory Number: 14667AB

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