Origin of the World

An exploration of the mysteries of desire by the French master Pierre Michon

About the author

Pierre Michon is an author of high acclaim in France and Europe. He was winner of the Prix France Culture in 1984 for his first book, Small Lives, and of the 1996 Prix de la Ville de Paris for his body of work. He lives in France. Wyatt Mason, a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor at Harper's, has translated writing by Pierre Michon, Eric Chevillard, Michel de Montaigne, and Arthur Rimbaud. He teaches at Bard College.

Summary

An exploration of the mysteries of desire by the French master Pierre Michon

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Michon, Michon Pierre
• Assisted by: Shattuck Roger (Afterword), Wyatt Mason (Translation), Mason Wyatt (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2013
• EAN: 9780300180701
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18070-1
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters; The Margellos World Republic of Letters; World Republic of Letters (Yale); World Republic of Letters
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form