false 5969712 3 For Chancelade, the world is teeming with beauty, wonder and possibilities. From a small boy playing on the beach, through his adolescence and his first love, to the death of his father and on to the end of his own life, he relishes the most minute details of his physical surroundings – whether a grain of sand, an insect or a blade of grass – as he journeys on a sensory adventure from cradle to grave. Filled with cosmic ruminations, lyrical description and virtuoso games of language and the imagination, Terra Amata brilliantly explores humankind’s place in the universe, the relationship between us and the Earth we inhabit and, ultimately, how to live. 6142730 1967 Terra Amata (Penguin Modern Classics) total:14|5:3|4:6|3:3|2:0|1:2| 14 50 26 6 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 22:56:21 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 22:28:53 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 22:56:21 -0800 2009 Terra Amata, the Beloved Earth, is daunting. I would not recommend this as a starting point to reading Le Clézio's works. It deeply troubled me, depressed me, made me close my eyes for a while and try not to think.

The beginning had an interesting scen...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 14:12:42 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 19:31:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 09 12:30:17 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 19:13:26 -0800 2009
this book should be better than it is.
after the last page it feels inconsistent. he is wonderful at discerning sadness, the irrational communion of childhood and evoking night-terror - i especially loved the sections title...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 06 06:03:11 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 06:04:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 11:45:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 05:42:34 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 01:41:28 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 31 04:23:46 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 17 01:41:28 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Oct 19 11:33:24 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 11:33:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 25 22:25:19 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 22:25:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 01:26:58 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 23:11:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 23:03:29 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 23:03:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 15 06:02:44 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 06:02:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 20:37:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 20:37:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 14 04:23:28 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 04:23:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 07 23:26:05 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 23:26:05 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 20:31:20 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 20:31:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 10:00:28 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 10:00:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 15 23:58:34 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 23:58:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 06 09:14:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 09:14:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 11:46:07 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 11:46:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 13 07:58:42 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 07:58:42 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5969712