The Prospector - by J M G Le Clézio (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>From master storyteller J. M. G. Le Clézio: winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. "A novel of intense beauty."--<i>Review of Contemporary Fiction</i></b> <p/><b><i>The Prospector</b></i> is the crowning achievement from one of France's preeminent novelists and a work rich with sensuality and haunting resonance. It is the turn of the century on the island of Mauritius, and young Alexis L'Etang enjoys an idyllic existence with his parents and beloved sister: sampling the pleasures of privilege, exploring the constellations and tropical flora, and dreaming of treasure buried long ago by the legendary Unknown Corsair. <p/>But with his father's death, Alexis must leave his childhood paradise and enter the harsh world of privation and shame. Years later, Alexis has become obsessed with the idea of finding the Corsair's treasure and, through it, the lost magic and opulence of his youth. He abandons job and family, setting off on a quest that will take him from remote tropical islands to the hell of World War I, and from a love affair with the elusive Ouma to a momentous confrontation with the search that has consumed his life. <p/>By turns harsh and lyrical, pointed and nostalgic, <b><i>The Prospector</b></i> is "a parable of the human condition" (<i>Le Monde</i>) by one of the most significant literary figures in the world today.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Praise for <b><i>The Prospector</b></i> <p/>"<b><i>The Prospector</b></i> offers a wonderful one-volume compendium of all the grand myths rooted in the European colonial experience. . . . Le Clézio has perfected a swift-moving, plain-speaking style, well served in this English translation."--<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>"An entertainment of the highest order that neither diminishes nor insults the intelligence and emotions of the reader."--<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/>"Le Clézio's prose is so sensual and rhythmic it's hypnotic".--<i>Boston Phoenix</i> <p/>"...a gentle portrayal of a man haunted by visions of his ideal childhood."--<i>Publisher's Weekly</i> <p/>"Haunting and lyrical, this <i>Bildungsroman</i> of the narrator's search for the lost treasure of the Corsair is near-mythic..."--<i>Library Journal</i> <p/>"Le Clézio, one of France's finest writers, is an incantatory and dazzlingly visual novelist. Le Clezio brilliantly conveys the sublime and terrible beauty of life and its twin, death, in devastating evocations of the pulse of the sea, the blaze of the sun, the horrors of violence, and the miraculous lyricism of the mind. A remarkable work."--<i>Booklist</i></p><br>
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