Gens des nuages
![]() 1997 French edition | |
Author | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio and Jémia Le Clézio |
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Original title | Gens des nuages |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Subject | Travel |
Genre | Memoir |
Publisher | Stock |
Publication date | 1997 |
Media type | |
Pages | 151 pp |
ISBN | 978-2-07-041216-7 |
OCLC | 43901147 |
Gens des nuages is a travel journal written in French by the French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio and his wife Jémia. [1][2][3] Gens des nuages could be translated as meaning The Cloud People.
It was written during a trip to Sahara and published in 1997.
Jémia Le Clézio is a Sahrawi and her ancestors were nomads who lived in the desert area. After her grandmother left her country, she never visited the place before the trip.
References[]
- ^ Allet, Herve (1998). "Review of Gens des nuages". World Literature Today. 72 (4): 800–801. doi:10.2307/40154286. ISSN 0196-3570. JSTOR 40154286.
- ^ Vogl, Mary B. (2003). Picturing the Maghreb: Literature, Photography, (re)presentation. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7425-1546-8.
- ^ Mudimbe-boyi, M. Elisabeth (2006). Essais sur les cultures en contact: Afrique, Amériques, Europe. Éditions Karthala. p. 104. ISBN 9782811141080.
Categories:
- 1997 non-fiction books
- Books by J. M. G. Le Clézio
- French travel books
- Works by J. M. G. Le Clézio
- African travel books
- Books about the Sahara
- Geography book stubs
- France stubs