Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer
| The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea | |
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| Author(s) | J. M. G. Le Clézio |
| Original title | Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Novellas |
| Publisher | Gallimard Education |
| Publication date | 1988 |
| Pages | 107 |
| ISBN | 978-2-07-051394-9 |
| OCLC Number | 51342106 |
Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer (suivi de La Montagne ou le dieu vivant) is the title of two novellas written in French by French author and Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio and one of these novellas was translated into English as The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea and published by the New Yorker magazine.
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[edit] About
Although actually written for a pre-teen French public, I would recommend Le Clezio’s children’s books to anyone learning French. The topics are interesting and the language easier to grasp for those just starting out with the language than his other novels.
Celui qui n’avait jamais vu la mer is about a boy named Daniel who barely talks and doesn’t really have any friends. He seems to come from somewhere else and only gets excited when someone talks of their travels and the sea although he has never seen the sea…until one day, without telling anyone, he sets off to never return— French Blog[1]
[edit] Publication history
[edit] Nouvelle Revue Française
Nouvelle Revue Française 297, oct: 17–36.1977
[edit] First French Edition
Le Clézio, J. M. G (1988-10-01) (in French). Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer. Paris: Gallimard Education. pp. 107. ISBN 978-2-07-051394-9.
[edit] Second French Edition
Two Novellas in one book. Le Clézio, J. M. G (1997-02-07) (in French). Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer suivi de La Montagne ou le dieu vivant. Paris: Gallimard,Folio Junior Edition Speciale. pp. 80. ISBN 2-07-051394-7. Re-printed 2002-02-01 and by Gallimard Jeunesse in the year 2008.
[edit] Third French Edition
Le Clézio, J. M. G (2009-11-13) (in French). Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer. Paris: Gallimard-Jeunesse Folio Junior. pp. 73. ISBN 978-2-07-062425-6.
[edit] First English translation
Le Clézio, J. M. G; translated by Deborah Treisman (2008-10-27) (in English). The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea. New York: F-R Pub. Corp. p. 75. ISBN none. http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/10/27/081027fi_fiction_leclezio. ISSN 0028792X[2]
[edit] Online version
"The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea" is available online only to subscribers of The New Yorker where registration is required; however, an excerpt from this translation is online[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Frenchman Le Clezio Wins Nobel Prize in Literature". 2008. http://www.transparent.com/french/frenchman-le-clezio-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature/. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ Treisman, Deborah (October 27, 2008). "FICTION – "The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea"". The New Yorker,page 75 (New York: F-R Pub. Corp.) (74). ISSN 0028792X. http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/10/27/081027fi_fiction_leclezio. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ Patrick Cooper, Patrick Cooper (2008-10-26). ""The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea" in the latest New Yorker". http://www.patrickcooper.com/2008/10/ready-for-the-laughing-gas-and-a-new-week.html. Retrieved 27 November 2008. ""You're going to hate the Internet for not having "The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea" in the latest New Yorker for similar reasons""
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