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Compass

by Mathias Énard, Charlotte Mandel
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For the curious reader seeking Middle Eastern adventures.

"Compass" takes you on a journey through the author's fascination with the Middle East and his unrequited love. Enard's immersive and nocturnal novel immerses readers in a dreamscape full of bittersweet humor and generosity of erudition. This book is a must-read for readers who are interested in exploring themes of love, culture, and history in the Middle East.

  • Prix Goncourt (2015)
  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2018)
  • Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse for Übersetzung (2017)
  • Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze (2017)
  • Prix des prix littéraires Nominee (2015)
  • Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (2016)
  • Republic of Consciousness Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018)
  • Albertine Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018)
  • National Translation Award for Prose (2018)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Compass

by Mathias Énard, Charlotte Mandel
Compare to estimated retail price: RM77.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9781910695234
Authors: Mathias Énard, Charlotte Mandel
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Date of Publication: 2017-03-22
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: French Literature, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.79
(rated by 2450 readers)

Description

As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life: his ongoing fascination with the Middle East and his numerous travels to Istanbul, Aleppo, Damascus, and Tehran, as well as the various writers, artists, musicians, academics, orientalists, and explorers who populate this vast dreamscape. At the centre of these memories is his elusive, unrequited love, Sarah, a fiercely intelligent French scholar caught in the intricate tension between Europe and the Middle East. An immersive, nocturnal, musical novel, full of generous erudition and bittersweet humour, Compass is a journey and a declaration of admiration, a quest for the otherness inside us all and a hand reaching out like a bridge between West and East, yesterday and tomorrow. Winner of the 2015 Prix Goncourt, this is Mathias Enard's most ambitious novel since Zone.
 

For the curious reader seeking Middle Eastern adventures.

"Compass" takes you on a journey through the author's fascination with the Middle East and his unrequited love. Enard's immersive and nocturnal novel immerses readers in a dreamscape full of bittersweet humor and generosity of erudition. This book is a must-read for readers who are interested in exploring themes of love, culture, and history in the Middle East.

  • Prix Goncourt (2015)
  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2018)
  • Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse for Übersetzung (2017)
  • Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Città di Firenze (2017)
  • Prix des prix littéraires Nominee (2015)
  • Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (2016)
  • Republic of Consciousness Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018)
  • Albertine Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018)
  • National Translation Award for Prose (2018)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.