Desert.

Desert

J.M.G. Le Clezio

David Godine

Box 450, Jaffrey, NH 03452

9781567923865, $25.95 www.godine.com

DESERT is an epic, literary novel spanning a century and two continents and presents alternating narratives set in counterpoint telling of the 'last free men' in a culture at the brink of World War I. It begins in the desert in 1909 and blends the story of one Nour with the modern story of Lalla, a descendant of the blue men of the desert peoples. An outstanding literary story evolves.