内容简介
ForChancelade,theworldisteemingwithbeauty,wonderandpossibilities.Fromasmallboyplayingonthebeach,throughhisadolescenceandhisfirstlove,tothedeathofhisfatherandontotheendofhisownlife,herelishesthemostminutedetailsofhisphysicalsurroundings-whetheragrainofsand,aninsectorabladeofgrass-ashejourneysonasensoryadventurefromcradletograve.Filledwithcosmicruminations,lyricaldescriptionandvirtuosogamesoflanguageandtheimagination,"TerraAmata"brilliantlyexploreshumankind'splaceintheuniverse,therelationshipbetweenusandtheEarthweinhabitand,ultimately,howtolive.
作者简介
Jean-MarieGustaveLeCleziowasbornon13April1940inNiceandwaseducatedattheUniversityCollegeofNiceandatBristolandLondonuniversities.HisknowledgeofEnglishenabledhimtoworkcloselywithhistranslatoronhisdebutnovel,TheInterrogation,whichwonthePrixRenaudotin1963.Sincethenhehaswrittenoverfortyhighlyacclaimedbooksandhasbeentranslatedintothirty-sixlanguages.TheInterrogationispublishedbyPenguinandthreeofhisearlynovelsarenowPenguinModernClassics:TheFlood,TerraAmataandFever.LeCleziodivideshistimebetweenFrance(Nice,ParisandBrittany),NewMexicoandMauritius.In2008hewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.