L'Herbe à brûler
1978 novel by Conrad Detrez / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
L'Herbe à brûler (A Weed for Burning) is a Belgian novel by Conrad Detrez. It is the third volume of his "hallucinated autobiography" trilogy, following Ludo (1974) and Les plumes du coq (The Plumes of the Rooster, 1975).[1][2] Published in 1978, it was awarded the Prix Renaudot the same year and is Detrez's best-known work.[1][3] The novel is about a Roman Catholic from Belgium who, after years as a revolutionary in Brazil, returns to Europe and finds it enervated.[3][4] It was first published in English by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1984, translated by Lydia Davis.[5]
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Author | Conrad Detrez |
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Original title | L'Herbe à brûler |
Translator | Lydia Davis |
Language | French |
Publisher | Calmann-Lévy |
Publication date | 1978 |
Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1984 |
Pages | 231 (French) |
Awards | Prix Renaudot, 1978 |
ISBN | 978-2702102664 |
Preceded by | Les plumes du coq (The Plumes of the Rooster) |
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