The Giants

Name: The Giants
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By J.M.G. Le Clezio

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Set in the vast expanse of Hyperpolis, a towering supermarket surrounded by endless car parks, The Giants explores the lives of its inhabitants as they navigate a monotonous, consumer-driven existence. J.M.G. Le Clézio crafts a vivid, symbolic world that reflects contemporary society's disconnection and conformity, while issuing a powerful call to rebellion and awakening.
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Ideal for readers who appreciate literary fiction that combines political themes with poetic narrative, and those interested in works by Nobel laureates.

The Giants

Upon an immense stretch of flat ground at the mouth of a river bathed in sunlight rises Hyperpolis. Each of us will see ourselves reflected in the characters who move mindlessly about Hyperpolis, but The Giants is a call to rebellion.

A key novel from the 2008 Nobel Prize-winner for literature

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A key novel from the 2008 Nobel Prize-winner for literature

Upon an immense stretch of flat ground at the mouth of a river bathed in sunlight rises Hyperpolis. It stands there, surrounded by its four asphalt car-parks, to condemn us - a huge enveloping supermarket. Each of us will see ourselves reflected in the characters who move mindlessly about Hyperpolis, but The Giants is a call to rebellion. This bold and inventive novel is the work of a tremendously talented writer and both an intoxicating and exhilarating read.

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Praised for its stylistic virtuosity and political urgency, The Giants features a beautifully poetic and evocative prose style celebrated by the Nobel Prize Committee. The translation by Simon Watson-Taylor has been acclaimed for capturing the novel’s intoxicating and exhilarating qualities, blending adventurous spirit with profound critique.

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ISBN: 9780099530480

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 November 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 224g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

J.M.G. Le Clezio was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2008. He was born in Nice, France, in 1940 to a French mother and her first-cousin, a Mauritian doctor of French origin who, being born in Mauritius when the island was under British rule, held a British passport. However, the family was completely Francophone. Jean-Marie Le Clezio has travelled extensively and is articulate in English and Spanish, but his true homeland is very much the French language. He spends his time between France (Nice, Paris and Brittany), and Albuquerque New Mexico.He has published more than 40 books since he won the Renaudot Prize in 1963, age 23, with Le Proc s-verbal (The Interrogation), and his works have been translated around the world into 36 languages.

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