by Michel Tournier · Folio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070369058
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«Les Météores» is the novel by Michel Tournier, published by Folio in paperback (628 pages, in French).
Twins Jean and Paul form such a close pair that everyone calls them Jean-Paul. When Jean tries to marry to break the bond, Paul sabotages the plan; Jean flees to Venice and Paul follows him on an initiatory journey around the world. The novel explores duality, identity and fraternal love.
The novel was originally published in 1975 and this French edition is number 905 in the Folio collection.
For readers of literary fiction, especially those seeking a 20th-century French novel about identity and fraternal bonds.
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
