by Pierre Michon · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433969675
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In 'Tiny Lives,' Pierre Michon intertwines the figure of the biographer with that of the biographed, constructing an autobiography through the reconstruction of other people's lives. Throughout eight chapters, Michon explores the existences of his grandparents, boarding school classmates, and an orphaned child in search of fortune in Africa. This book, a mixture of genres, creates a new literary style, combining elements of Flaubert, Rimbaud, Faulkner, Proust, and Jean Genet, offering a tender and dry tone at the same time. Recognized as a contemporary classic in France, 'Tiny Lives' is a work that reflects on the transformation of a man into a writer, exploring the greatness and stupidity of the human condition through humble and rural lives.
Pierre Michon is a French writer. His first novel, Small Lives (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He has won several prizes for Small Lives and for The Origin of the World (1996) as well as for his body of work. His novels and stories have been translated into German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Norwegian, Estonian, Japanese and English. He won the 2017 International Nonino Prize in Italy.With an oeuvre consisting of a stunning confessional novel—Vies minuscules (1984)—and a series of Plutarch-like "lives" devoted to famous artists and poets, Michon commands respect as a sensitive author and gifted stylist who seeks to comprehend how we can make sense out of the irrepressible impulses and unavoidable failures that fill our lives. Whether he is charting the misfortunes of the lowly, portraying his own difficult rise from rural poverty and a broken family to the completion of his first book, or plunging into the destinies of Watteau, Goya, Rimbaud, or Van Gogh, Michon poignantly captures the essence of the compelling courses our lives take.
