Description: Winner of the 1993 Prix du Premier Roman in France, and written when the author was only 21, this novel is about a group of French nuns and monks who travel to Vietnam in 1788 where they become transformed by their experiences in the jun...
Synopsis Winner of the 1993 Prix du Premier Roman in France, and written when the author was only 21, this novel is about a group of French nuns and monks who travel to Vietnam in 1788 where they become transformed by their experiences in the jungle, far from home.
Details
Publication Date:
1993-01-01
Size
Length:
92 pages
Industry Reviews "[A] skillfully understated first novel....[S]ubtle and moving..." Kirkus Reviews - Bruce Allen (08/01/1996)
"[A] sprint of a book--short, told in bursts and gasps, and almost without dialogue. This manner...gives 'Annam' the punchy moral force of fable....A good translator needs an ear sensitive to the tones and rhythms of the original and a canniness to contrive stylistic equivalents in English. The poet Richard Howard has been practicing these skills for over 30 years....Mr. Bataille is lucky to have him as his interpreter." New York Times Book Review - W. S. DiPiero (10/20/1996)