Simon, ClaudeOverview
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Claude Simon
The Flanders road
by Claude Simon
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122 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 1,108 libraries worldwide Hindi translation of the Nobel Prize winning novel "Route des Flandres" originally written in French.
The grass
by Claude Simon
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64 editions published between 1958 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 904 libraries worldwide
Histoire
by Claude Simon
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42 editions published between 1967 and 2006 in 9 languages and held by 859 libraries worldwide Roman.
The wind
by Claude Simon
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62 editions published between 1948 and 2007 in 8 languages and held by 832 libraries worldwide Roman om en efterkrigsverden, der er meningsløs og præget af ødelæggelse og forfald.
The Georgics
by Claude Simon
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40 editions published between 1981 and 2006 in 11 languages and held by 830 libraries worldwide "A des époques différentes et dans les périodes de tumulte et de violence, trois personnage vivent des événements et des expériences qui semblent se répéter, se superposer, de même qu'indifférents à la tragédie, aux déchirements familiaux et politiques, reviennent au long des pages les mêmes travaux des champs, les alternances des saisons, de la pluie, du soleil, des printemps."--Cover.
Les Corps conducteurs
by Claude Simon
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24 editions published between 1971 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 747 libraries worldwide
The trolley
by Claude Simon
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16 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 742 libraries worldwide Intertwining the memories of youth and old age, this novel uses the trolley as a symbol of life as it becomes the mode of transportation that takes the child to school every morning and is transformed into a mobile hospital bed for the man entering into old age.
Le palace
by Claude Simon
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60 editions published between 1962 and 2006 in 11 languages and held by 724 libraries worldwide Een man keert in 1951 naar Barcelona terug, waar hij in 1936 studeerde, en tracht zich enkele dagen van toen te herinneren.
Triptyque
by Claude Simon
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20 editions published between 1973 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 701 libraries worldwide A failed marriage, the accidental death of a child by drowning, and an incident at a summer resort are the subject matter of these three stories, interwoven and told out of sequence.
The invitation
by Claude Simon
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17 editions published between 1987 and 1992 in 5 languages and held by 687 libraries worldwide
The world about us : a novel
by Claude Simon
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19 editions published between 1975 and 2004 in 7 languages and held by 659 libraries worldwide Novel based upon the author's experiences in the French Army in 1940. Dazed soldiers, holed up in a crumbling building, provide one of the focal points in this montage of images. Another episode includes a couple's graphic seduction scene.
La Bataille de Pharsale
by Claude Simon
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26 editions published between 1969 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 625 libraries worldwide
L'acacia
by Claude Simon
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25 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in 7 languages and held by 607 libraries worldwide
The jardin des plantes
by Claude Simon
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19 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 512 libraries worldwide Réminiscences, vagabondages, monologues intérieurs. A partir d'une vingtaine d'événements-clefs largement évoqués dans des oeuvres antérieures et "revécus jusqu'à l'obsession", le lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature 1985 montre une nouvelle fois qu'il est "un des plus grands écrivains de la mémoire et de ses mystérieuses alchimies" (J.-L. Ezine), un maître de l'autoportrait (même si "son intimité demeure strictement littéraire", P. Lepape). [SDM].
Le sacre du printemps, roman
by Claude Simon
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20 editions published between 1954 and 1985 in French and Spanish and held by 328 libraries worldwide
La chevelure de Bérénice
by Claude Simon
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18 editions published between 1983 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 319 libraries worldwide
Gulliver, roman
by Claude Simon
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15 editions published between 1852 and 1985 in French and Spanish and held by 248 libraries worldwide
Discours de Stockholm
by Claude Simon
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7 editions published between 1986 and 2006 in French and Undetermined and held by 225 libraries worldwide
Orion aveugle
by Claude Simon
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6 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in French and German and held by 213 libraries worldwide
Amelia
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2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 160 libraries worldwide "Explores the use of point technique [in modern dance], using extended intertwining solos, complex partnering sequences and extreme speed to generate power performances with emotion and serenity... Combines evocative minimalism with lyrics from five of Lou Reed's most famous works, created in the [19]60s for the Velvet Underground" -- Container. more
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Art Art Art and literature Authorship Beckett, Samuel,--1906-1989 Black humor Blanchot, Maurice Butor, Michel Characters and characteristics Children Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Conference proceedings Criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc. Death Didactic fiction Documentary television programs English literature--Early modern Experimental fiction, French Fiction Fiction Film adaptations Film and video adaptations France French fiction French literature Géorgiques (Simon, Claude) German Occupation of France (1940-1945) Historical fiction History Intertextuality Interviews Literature Memory Myth Narration (Rhetoric) Older people--Psychology Painting, French Pinget, Robert Relations with women Robbe-Grillet, Alain,--1922-2008 Route des Flandres (Simon, Claude) Simon, Claude Soviet Union Spain Style, Literary Technique Time Translations War
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Simon, C. 1913-2005
Simon, Klod
Simon, Klod 1913-2005
Simon, Klod, 1913-2005 czerus
كلود سيمون، 1913-2005 Σιμον, ΚλωντСимон, Клод 西蒙, 克劳德 Languages
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English (250) German (147) Spanish (59) Undetermined (51) Swedish (39) Japanese (25) Danish (25) Italian (19) Finnish (16) Chinese (11) Dutch (10) Catalan (8) Serbian (8) Norwegian (7) Greek, Modern (6) Slovenian (6) Czech (5) Persian (5) Portuguese (4) No Linguistic content (4) Polish (3) Hindi (3) Arabic (2) (2) Ukrainian (2) Korean (2) Hungarian (2) Romanian (2) Bulgarian (2) Multiple languages (2) Russian (2) Slovak (2) Turkish (1) Hebrew (1) Albanian (1) more
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