Terra Amata (novel)

OriginaltitleTerra Amata

LanguageFrench

Terra Amata
First English edition
Author	J. M. G. Le Clézio
Original title	Terra Amata
Translator	Barbara Bray
Language	French
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Gallimard (France) Hamish Hamilton (UK) Atheneum (US)
Publication date	1967
Publication place	France
Published in English	1 January 1969
Media type	Print (Paperback
Pages	248 pp
ISBN	2-07-023825-3
OCLC	248775313

Terra Amata is an early fictional novel by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.

Terra Amata is about a man named Chancelade, and his detailed view of an otherwise ordinary life,^[1] from his early childhood to his grave.

Terra Amata is an archaeological site near the French town of Nice.

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↑ HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press (10 October 2008). "Author Le Clézio wins Nobel". Toronto Star. Toronto. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
↑ Racevskis, Roland (1999). "J.M.G. LE CLEZIO'S TERRA AMATA: A MICRO-FICTIONAL AFFECTION FOR THE REAL". The Romanic Review. 90. Retrieved 23 February 2011. The work centers on the perceptions and activities of its protagonist, Chancelade, whose pronounced interest in small, seemingly insignificant things leads him and the novel's narrator through numerous sensorial and contemplative adventures which yield unexpected insights on humankind's situation in the universe
↑ "J.M.G. Le Clézio: Terra Amata". Stewart. Booklit. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2011. Le Clézio's delivery is a hyperreal tour de force, lush and dense, designed to overload the senses. His focus is on the minute, regularly picking up on grains of sand, pebbles on beaches, and insects in their nests, inverting the microscopic worlds they inhabit to cosmic concerns
↑ Lask, Thomas (3 April 1969). "9 October 2008 – Thursday". Quotes from the reviews of Le Clézio's books. The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 23 February 2011. These adolescent outpourings sound like cries of woe between bites of eclair. There is nothing in the novel to indicate that Chancelade is worth listening to. He has done nothing, suffered nothing, experienced nothing to make him worth our regard.
↑ Lezard, Nicholas (20 December 2008). "Terra Amata The Nobel laureate as Martian". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2011. The story is that of Chancelade, from childhood to death; he sees the world in minute detail and ... er ... He talks with a girl his own age (12) after a swim and has a sort of rudimentary fumble with her.
↑ "A Nobel Undertaking: Getting to Know Le Clézio". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2011. But Mr. Le Clézio's most impressive book may be a brief one he published at age 27, when he was still a combative modernist. "Terra Amata," translated into English in 1967, combines his game-playing as the author with a savage lyricism reminiscent of Thomas Hardy.

v t e Works by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Novels	Le Procès-Verbal Le Jour où Beaumont fit connaissance avec sa douleur Le Livre des fuites Le déluge Terra Amata La Guerre Voyages de l'autre côté Désert Le Chercheur d'or Wandering Star Onitsha La Quarantaine Poisson d'or Hasard suivi de Angoli Mala Fantômes dans la rue Révolutions Ourania Ritournelle de la faim
Essays	"The Mexican Dream" "Conversations avec J. M. G. Le Clézio" "Haï" "Mydriase" "To the Icebergs (Essay on Henri Michaux)" "L'Inconnu sur la Terre" "Trois Villes saintes" "Dans la maison d'Edith" "Sur Lautréamont" "Diego et Frida" "Ailleurs" "Enfances" "Le Llano en flammes" "L'Extase matérielle" ""The African"" "Une lettre de J. M. G. Le Clézio" "Ballaciner" "Freedom to Dream" and "Freedom to Speak" "On Reading as True Travel" "Dans la forêt des paradoxes"
Short stories	"La fièvre" "Mondo et autres histoires" "La Ronde et autres faits divers" "Printemps et autres saisons" "Pawana" "La Fête chantée et autres essais de thème amérindien" "Cœur brûle et autres romances" "Tabataba suivi de pawana"
Books for children	Les Géants Lullaby La Grande Vie Peuple du ciel Balaabilou Villa Aurore L'enfant de sous le pont Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer La montagne ou le dieu vivant Voyage au pays des arbres
Travel diaries	Voyage à Rodrigues Gens des nuages Raga. Approche du continent invisible

Terra Amata (novel)

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