Compass (novel)


Compass
Author Mathias Enard
Original title Boussole
Translator Charlotte Mandell..
Country France
Language French
Publisher Actes Sud
Publication date
2015
Published in English
2017
ISBN 9780811226622

Compass (French: Boussole ) is a narrative by the French writer Mathias Enard, published in 2015.[1].

The book received the Prix Goncourt.[2]

Content

During a sleepless night in Vienna, the musicologist Franz Ritter looks back on his life, his university career, his stays in the Orient, and his love, Sarah[3].

See also

References

  1. Mathias Enard (2017). Compass. Translated by Charlotte Mandell. New York: New Directions. ISBN 9780811226622.
  2. Raphaëlle Leyris. "Prix Goncourt pour «L'Ordre du jour Prix Goncourt : Mathias Enard récompensé pour « Boussole »" (in French). Le Parisien. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  3. Joshua Cohen. "A Prize-Winning French Novel About the Western Obsession With the East". New York Times.


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