by Laurent Gaudé · Actes Sud · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782742792979
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«Ouragan» is Laurent Gaudé's choral novel, published by Actes Sud in paperback (188 pages, in French).
When a great hurricane is announced over New Orleans, those who do not flee are exposed to the fury of nature and their own contradictions. Keanu drives alone towards the devastated neighbourhoods to find Rose, whom he left behind six years earlier. A choral novel with a dozen characters, between tragedy and fable.
The original edition dates from 2010 and the novel is set in the context of Hurricane Katrina. Laurent Gaudé received the Prix Goncourt in 2004 for Le Soleil des Scorta.
For readers of contemporary fiction who value choral stories, emotional intensity and social background.
Laurent Gaudé is a French writer.
