by William Boyd · France Loisirs · tapa dura · ISBN 9782724266405
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«Brazzaville Plage» is the literary fiction novel by William Boyd, published by France Loisirs in hardcover (351 pages, in French).
In an African country at civil war, researcher Hope Clearwater studies apes and discovers a disturbing violence. Recalling her arrival at Brazzaville Beach, she interweaves her broken marriage and a science marked by ambition, and wonders what drives seemingly benign creatures to kill.
Work originally published in English as «Brazzaville Beach»; the French edition by France Loisirs appeared in 1991. The novel received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Suitable for literary fiction readers and book clubs interested in narratives set in Africa with a scientific and emotional backdrop.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
