Le Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave) 1940-

Desert by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
80 editions published between 1980 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,945 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After being driven from their land by French colonial soldiers in 1909, Nour and his people, "the blue men" must search for a haven out of the desert that will shelter them. Interspersed with the story of Nour is the contemporary story of Lalla, a descendent of the blue men, who lives in Morocco and tries to stay true to the blood of her ancestors while experiencing life as a modern immigrant

The Mexican dream, or, The interrupted thought of Amerindian civilizations by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( )
31 editions published between 1988 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Not one dream but many unfold in J.M.G. Le Clezio's conjuring of the consciousness of Mexico, a powerful evocation of the imaginings that made and unmade an ancient culture. "What motivated me," Le Clezio has said, "was a sort of dream about what has disappeared and what could have been." A widely respected French novelist who for many years has studied pre-Columbian Mexico, Le Clezio imagined how the thought of early Indian civilizations might have evolved if not for the interruption of European conquest." "In an unprecedented way, his book takes us into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs, which in its own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Here the dream of the conquistadores rises before us, too, the glimmering idea of gold drawing Europe into the Mexican dream. Against the religion and thought of the Aztecs and the Tarascans and the Europeans in Mexico, Le Clezio also shows us those of the "barbarians" of the north, the nomadic Indians beyond the pale of the Aztec frontier." "Finally, Le Clezio's book is a dream of the present, a meditation on what in Amerindian civilizations - in their language, in their way of telling tales, of wanting to survive their own destruction - moved the poet, playwright, and actor Antonin Artaud and motivates Le Clezio in this book. The author's deep identification with pre-Columbian cultures, whose faith told them the wheel of time would bring their gods and their beliefs back to them, finds fitting expression in this extraordinary book, which brings the dream around."--Jacket

Wandering star : a novel by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
49 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 1,258 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
While both Esther and Nejma want peace, each has a different experience during the founding of Israel; Esther is a Jewish girl who participtes in the founding, and Nejma is a Palestinian who becomes a refugee

Onitsha by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
57 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novel on white colonialism in Africa through the eyes of Fintan, a 12-year-old boy who joins his parents in Nigeria. He meets an African boy his age and participates in the world of the Africans, contrasting it with the world of the whites

Le procès-verbal by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
81 editions published between 1963 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 905 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Cette oeuvre a connu un grand succès en France et obtenu le prix Renaudot en 1963. Il s'agit, selon l'auteur, d'un roman-jeu, roman-puzzle qui raconte "l'histoire d'un homme qui ne savait trop s'il sortait de l'armée ou de l'asile psychiatrique" mais qui a découvert le secret de "l'extase matérielle" au coeur même de l'inaction attentive et quelque peu hallucinée

Terra amata by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
45 editions published between 1967 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Quatre étapes sur le chemin de la vie de Chancelade, marqué par un mot de sa grand-mère qui lui avait dit, alors âgée de quatre-vingts ans : "La vie est si courte." D'où la volonté de Chancelade de vivre intensément, de ne pas perdre une seconde, et d'être sans cesse au niveau de cette rumeur de la vie et de ce qui pourrait l'être

The book of flights; an adventure story by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
45 editions published between 1969 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The prospector by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
6 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in English and held by 684 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Obsessed with the idea of finding the Corsair treasure he heard about in his youth, Alexis L'Etang abandons his job and family, setting off on a quest that will take him from remote tropical islands to the hell of the First World War, and from a love affair with the elusive Ouma to a momentous confrontation with the search that has consumed his life

Le chercheur d'or by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
61 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 661 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Une autre ##Ile au trésor##. Très beau récit au charme exotique et au rythme incantatoire, par un romancier inspiré, poète-démiurge. Comme l'écrit avec talent, J. Folch-Ribas dans ##La Presse## du 20 avril 1985, l'essentiel de l'oeuvre est dans la symphonie sensuelle d'un enfant de l'île Maurice (océan Indien), au début du siècle, "qui se collète avec les rêves d'or de son père, la tendresse de sa mère, le plaisir du corps d'une femme et les magnifiques rêves d'aventures que lui procureront des marins hors du commun[...]". Splendide roman d'aventures nourri des plus anciennes mythologies du monde et de métaphysique

Poisson d'or : roman by J.-M. G Le Clézio ( Book )
64 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 612 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Le conte qu'on va lire suit les aventures d'un poisson d'or d'Afrique du Nord, la jeune Laïla volée, battue et rendue à moitié sourde à l'âge de six ans, et vendue à Lalla Asma qui est pour elle à la fois sa grand-mère et sa maîtresse