by Françoise Chandernagor · tapa dura · ISBN 9782070314201
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«La Chambre» is the novel by Françoise Chandernagor, published by Gallimard in hardback, in French.
An eight-year-old boy remains locked in an empty room, without toys or books, while waiting for someone to come for him. The days and months pass; the little boy becomes the silent owner of that space and builds his world from the floor tiles, the insects, the light from the window and the engravings on the walls. He does not understand why he is being punished, but he learns to wait without making a sound.
The novel was originally published in 2002 by Gallimard in Paris; this edition dates from 2004. It received the Prix Pierre Lafue in 2003.
For readers of French and historical fiction, especially those interested in stories with child protagonists and in France during the French Revolution.
Françoise Chandernagor is a French writer. The daughter of André Chandernagor, she is a former student of the École nationale d'administration, and she became a member of the Council of State in 1969.
