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Viking Juvenile
November 1993
On Sale: November 1, 1993
352 pages
ISBN: 087923976X
EAN: 9780879239763
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The Prospector is the crowning achievement from one of
France's preeminent contemporary novelists and a work rich
with sensuality and haunting resonance. It is the turn of
the century on the island of Mauritius, and young Alexis
L'Etang enjoys an idyllic existence with his parents and
beloved sister: sampling the pleasures of privilege,
exploring the constellations and tropical flora, and
dreaming of treasure buried long ago by the legendary
Unknown Corsair. But with his father's death, Alexis must
leave his childhood paradise and enter the harsh world of
privation and shame. Years later, Alexis has become
obsessed with the idea of finding the Corsair's treasure
and, through it, the lost magic and opulence of his youth.
He abandons job and family, setting off on a quest that
will take him from remote tropical islands to the hell of
World War I, and from a love affair with the elusive Ouma
to a momentous confrontation with the search that has
consumed his life. By turns harsh and lyrical, pointed and
nostalgic, The Prospector is "a parable of the human
condition" (Le Mond) by one of the most significant
literary figures in Europe today.
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