The season’s most arresting title? Ambitious and witty, this novel about a student researching rural life in the marshlands of western France is another fruit of Enard’s wildly leaping imagination. His other novels include Zone and Compass; his net of prizes is prodigious.
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild
£16.99
Edition:Paperback978180427059204/10/2023
Categories: 06. Books For Christmas 2023: Fiction, Books For Christmas 2023, Fiction
Tags: Fiction in Translation, France
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