Le Livre des fuites
 First English edition | |
| Author | J. M. G. Le Clézio |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Livre des fuites |
| Translator | Simon Watson Taylor |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Gallimard, Le Chemin Jonathan Cape (UK) |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1971 |
| Pages | 284 pages |
| ISBN | 2-07-071820-4 |
| OCLC | 315762105 |
Le Livre des fuites is a 1969 novel by French Nobel laureate writer J. M. G. Le Clézio. The English translation by Simon Watson Taylor, The Book of Flights: An Adventure Story, was published in 1971. The novel concerns the real and imaginary journeys of its hero, Young Man Hogan.
Many of Le Clézio's books were out of print in English when he won the Nobel Prize.[1] The English translations began to be reissued shortly afterwards, including this one.[2]
It belongs to Le Clézio's more experimental phase, together with works such as Terra Amata and Les Géants, "hyper-realistic tales dominated by the fundamental war between cities and nature, between mankind and mythology".[1] In these novels, he developed "a highly original brand of the plotless, characterless novel".[3]
Publication history
First French edition
- Le Clézio, J. M. G. (1969). Le Livre des fuites Sub-Title "roman d'aventures"." (in French). Paris: Gallimard, Le Chemin. p. 284. ISBN 2-07-071820-4.
First English edition, London
- Le Clézio, J. M. G; Stanley Chapman (cover illustrator) (1971). The Book of Flights: An Adventure Story. Simon Watson Taylor (trans.). Cape. ISBN 0-224-00583-9.
First English edition, New York
- Le Clézio, J. M. G.; Stanley Chapman (cover illustrator) (1972). The Book of Flights: An Adventure Story. Translated by Translated by Simon Watson Taylor. New York: Atheneum- Argo. p. 319. ISBN 0-224-00583-9.
Second English edition
- Le Clézio, J. M. G. (2008). Book of Flights. Simon Watson Taylor (trans.). United Kingdom: Vintage. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-09-953047-3.
References
- ^ a b Jakubowski, Maxim (10 Oct 2008). "JMG Le Clézio: overdue for recognition - and translation". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ Kelly, Alison (18 Jan 2009). "A Nobel laureate on the birth of a nation". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Only the Words Intact". New York Times. 15 July 1973. Retrieved 23 July 2025.