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Small lives

By Jody , Deshays , Elizabeth; Michon , Pierre; Gladding

Book information

Publisher
Archipelago Books, Distributed by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
Year
2008
ISBN
0972869212, 978-0-9728692-1-8
Language
englishfrench
Format
PDF
Filesize
508 kB (519985 bytes)
Edition
1st Archipelago books ed
Pages
215\216
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00

Description

Small Lives (Vies minuscules), Pierre Michon’s first novel, won the Prix France Culture. Michon explains that he wrote it "to save my own skin. I felt in my body that my life was turning around. This book born in an aura of inexpressible joy and catharsis rescued me more effectively than my aborted analysis." Le Monde calls it "his chef d’oeuvre. A bolt of lightening." In Small Lives, Michon paints portraits of eight individuals, whose stories span two centuries in his native region of La Creuse. In the process of exploring their lives, he explores the act of writing and his emotional connection to both. The quest to trace and recall these interconnected lives seared into his memory ultimately becomes a quest to grasp his own humanity and discover his own voice

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