Terra Amata
Paris, Gallimard, (September 20) 1967.
1 vol. (140 x 210 mm) of 242 p. and [3] f. Half burgundy morocco with bands, smooth spine, gilt title, waxed top edge, date gilt at foot, original wrappers and spine preserved, slipcase (binding signed Goy et Vilaine).
First edition.
One of 36 copies on vélin de Hollande, from the deluxe issue (no. 19).
One of 36 copies on vélin de Hollande, from the deluxe issue (no. 19).
One of Le Clézio’s major texts, in which his repudiation of society reaches its culmination; Chancelade wanders through it, driven by unease at the world and by men’s flight from it. Terra Amata opens the cycle continued with Le Livre des fuites, La Guerre and Les Géants.
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