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Desert
Desert | J M G Le Clezio
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Available for the first time in English translation, Desert is a novel composed of two alternating narratives, set in counterpoint. The first takes place in the desert between 1909 and 1912 and evokes the migration of a young adolescent boy, Nour, and his people, the Blue Men, notorious warriors of the desert. Driven from their lands by French colonial soldiers, Nour's tribe has come to the valley of the Saguiet El Hamra to seek the aid of the great spiritual leader known as Water of the Eyes. The religious chief sends them out from the holy city of Smara into the desert to travel still further. Spurred on by thirst, hunger, and suffering, Nour's tribe and others flee northward in the hopes of finding a land that can harbor them at last. The second narrative relates the contemporary story of Lalla, a descendant of the Blue Men. Though she is an orphan living in a shantytown known as the Project near a coastal city in Morocco, the blood of her proud, obstinate tribe runs in her veins.
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MariaW
MariaW
Desert | J M G Le Clezio
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This has been a wonderful, very poetic book. It describes the life of two kids born in and off the desert one hundered years apart. Both face struggles and end up back where they belong - in the desert. This book is a beautiful allegory of the desert, I haven‘t been something that aesthetic in a long time.

Tamra Lovely spot! 1d
AnnCrystal 🤩🏖️💝. 12h
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MariaW
MariaW
Wste: Roman | Jean-Marie G. Le Clzio
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Last days on the beach. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

AnnCrystal 🤩📚🏖️💝. 2d
tpixie Enjoy!! 2d
Blerdgal_Fenix love this for you 2d
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Libby1
Libby1
Desert | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
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Mehso-so

Sigh.

So beautifully written or else it would have been a complete Pan.

This book was extremely frustrating for me. There are two narratives that take place decades apart that don‘t really connect. And the main character just walks. And walks. And walks. And then walks some more (really), and the author describes EVERY LITTLE THING she sees along the way.

Le Clezio has immense talent but this book was tedious in the extreme.

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Libby1
Libby1
Desert | J.M.G Le Clzio
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I‘m reading about the desert on snowy day.

It doesn‘t often snow in #NorthernIreland!

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Libby1
Libby1
Desert | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
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#DreamingOfAWarmerClimate
#ReadJanuary

My French friend loves this author and gave this to me for Christmas. I don't usually dream of a warmer climate as, strangely, I like the rainy Northern Irish climate.

@RealLifeReading

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