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Atlantic Island
Tony Duvert
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Description for Atlantic Island
Paperback. Translator(s): Kreiden, Purdey Lord; Taren, Michael Thomas. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
A forgotten gem of French literature, Duvert's version of The Lord of the Flies: an indictment against the violence embedded in a middle-class community. Tony Duvert's novel Atlantic Island (originally published in French in 1979) takes place in the soul-crushing suburbs of a remote island off the coast of France. It is told through the shifting perspectives of a group of pubescent and prepubescent boys, ages seven to fourteen, who gather together at night in secret to carry out a series of burglaries throughout their neighborhood. The boys vandalize living rooms and kitchens and make off with, ... Read more
A forgotten gem of French literature, Duvert's version of The Lord of the Flies: an indictment against the violence embedded in a middle-class community. Tony Duvert's novel Atlantic Island (originally published in French in 1979) takes place in the soul-crushing suburbs of a remote island off the coast of France. It is told through the shifting perspectives of a group of pubescent and prepubescent boys, ages seven to fourteen, who gather together at night in secret to carry out a series of burglaries throughout their neighborhood. The boys vandalize living rooms and kitchens and make off with, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781584351771
SKU
V9781584351771
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About Tony Duvert
Tony Duvert (1945-2008) is the author of fourteen books of fiction and nonfiction. His fifth novel, Strange Landscape, won the prestigious Prix Medicis in 1973. Other books translated into English include the novels When Jonathan Died and Diary of an Innocent as well as the essay Good Sex Illustrated, the last two both available from Semiotext(e).
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