Monsieur Linh and His Child

Zusatztext 'There is nothing sentimental about the prose! which is as restrained and delicate as a piece of Indochinese artwork' Ophelia Field! Guardian. Informationen zum Autor Philippe Claudel is a university lecturer, novelist and scriptwriter. He has written 14 novels that have been translated into various languages. He was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe in 1962 where he still lives. Claudel says that he woke up one morning with the opening sentence of Brodeck's Report in his head: â??My name is Brodeck and I am not responsible.John Cullen is the translator of more than 15 books from French, Spanish, Italian and German. He has twice been shortlisted for the IMPAC award, and was also shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger in 2007. Klappentext Monsieur Linh and His Child is a remarkable novel with an extraordinary twist, a subtle portrait of friendship and a dialogue between two cultures. Zusammenfassung Monsieur Linh and His Child is a remarkable novel with an extraordinary twist! a subtle portrait of friendship and a dialogue between two cultures.

Product details

• Authors: PHILIP CLAUDEL, Philippe Claudel, Claudel Philippe
• Assisted by: Euan Cameron (Translation), Professor Euan Cameron (Translation), Cameron Euan (Translation)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9780857050991
• ISBN: 978-0-85705-099-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 197 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Fiction in translation, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Trauma & shock, Migration, immigration & emigration, Coping with old age