- French fiction, Berbers, Tuaregs, Fiction
After being driven from their land by French colonial soldiers in 1909, Nour and his people, "the blue men" must search for a haven out of the desert that will shelter them. Interspersed with the story of Nour is the contemporary story of Lalla, a descendent of the blue men, who lives in Morocco and tries to stay true to the blood of her ancestors while experiencing life as a modern immigrant.
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Grave, earnest, prestige and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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- Author
- J. M. G. Le Clézio
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 410
- Publisher
- Gallimard Education, Atlantic Books, Limited, French & European Pubns
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781848873810
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a French author, professor, and Nobel laureate. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel *Le Procès-Verbal*. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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