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1997 book

Gens des nuages
1997 French edition
AuthorJean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio and Jémia Le Clézio
Original titleGens des nuages
LanguageFrench
SubjectTravel
GenreMemoir
PublisherStock
Publication date1997
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint
Pages151 pp
ISBN978-2-07-041216-7
OCLC43901147

Gens des nuages is a travel journal written in French by the French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio and his wife Jémia. 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

  1. Allet, Herve (1998). "Review of Gens des nuages". World Literature Today. 72 (4): 800–801. doi:10.2307/40154286. ISSN 0196-3570. JSTOR 40154286.
  2. Vogl, Mary B. (2003). Picturing the Maghreb: Literature, Photography, (re)presentation. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7425-1546-8.
  3. Mudimbe-boyi, M. Elisabeth (2006). Essais sur les cultures en contact: Afrique, Amériques, Europe. Éditions Karthala. p. 104. ISBN 9782811141080.
Works by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Novels
Essays
Short stories
Books for children
Travel diaries


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