User:Stadtpark/La Guerre

La Guerre is a novel that was written in French by French author and Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.'When Le Clézio writes about war he means "the war of crimes and insults, the fury of glances, the explosion of thoughts" translated into English as "War" by Simon Watson Taylor and published by Cape,London.

Intention
"War – in the mind of the fragile Bea B., in the infinite icy landscape she journeys through, in Vietnam, in 10,000 years of human history.

Meaning of War in this book
The war of the title is not merely a war of arms but a generalised state of violence permeating every atom of Le Clézio’s creation.

Evil
T Bea B. searches for clues for the origin of the evil.

Reviewer notes
Under the searching gaze of Bea B. the most everyday objects (advertisements, cars, light bulbs ) reveal extraordinary dimensions, as the earth trembles on the brink of cataclysmic explosion.