Seven Houses in France - Couverture souple

Atxaga, Bernardo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1555976239 ISBN 13 : 9781555976231

Editeur : Graywolf Press, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Atxaga Bernardo

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Seven Houses in France is an enjoyable, somewhat frightening novel by one of Europe's best novelists... Atxaga is still the master of a complex story, told with deceptive simplicity." (Michael Eaude Independent)

"With his sixth novel, Basque writer Atxaga puts us squarely in Heart of Darkness territory, although his is a more blackly absurd version of the world than that of Joseph Conrad. Unsettling, often unpleasant, but undeniably compelling." (Amber Pearson Daily Mail)

"Bizarrely funny and beautifully crafted...His gift for interesting, unusual syntax, his wonderful pacing and surprising, vibrant language give one the feeling of being in safe hands." (Mira Mattar Times Literary Supplement)

"Atxaga tackles the excesses of colonialism with an assured touch; his humour is dark, the silenced voices of the natives are pointed, and his evocation of how reality becomes distorted when men are trapped in suffocating tedium is fascinatingly rigorous." (Metro)

"A dark comedy about the vanity of human desires which deftly balances compassion and cynicism" (Adrian Turpin Financial Times)

Présentation de l'éditeur

The year is 1903, and the garrison of Yangambi on the banks of the River Congo is under the command of Captain Lalande Biran. The captain is also a poet whose ambition is to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafés of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad.

At Lalande Biran's side are the ex-legionnaire van Thiegel, a brutal womaniser, and the servile, treacherous Donatien, who dreams of running a brothel. The officers spend their days guarding enslaved rubber-tappers and kidnapping young girls, and at their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer and brilliant marksman: the enigmatic Chrysostome Liège.

An outstanding new novel from the critically acclaimed and prizewinning author Bernardo Atxaga, Seven Houses in France is a blackly comic tale which reveals the darkest sides of human desire.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Graywolf Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1555976239
• ISBN 13: 9781555976231
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256