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Fever

Aug 7, 2025 9:18 AM

Author:J.M.G. Le Clézio

Fever

In these nine unforgettable and impressionistic 'tales of little madness', the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clézio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring chaos to our lives. In 'The Day that Beaumont became Acquainted with his Pain', a man with toothache spends the night seeking ways to disown his throbbing jaw; in 'Fever', Roch finds his mind transported by sunstroke; while in 'A Day of Old Age' little Joseph tries to comprehend the physical suffering of a dying old woman. Set in a timeless, spaceless universe, these experimental and haunting works portray the landscape of the human consciousness with dazzling verbal dexterity and power.

Reviews

Beautifully observed... Effortlessly brilliant

—— Daily Telegraph

One of her very best

—— Mail on Sunday

Superb... Beautifully conceived, masterfully executed... Out of the emotional confusions spawned by dislocated, dysfunctional families, Anne Tyler has produced - yet again - a scintillating comedy of manners

—— Sunday Telegraph

Like all great writers, Tyler creates her own world...she is that rare being: a writer so good that she lets you forget it. If you're one of the few who's yet to discover her, don't waste any more time: this ranks among her best

—— Daily Mail

Tyler, of the fresh, almost conversational prose, sharp dialogue and all too much human truth, really is one of the wisest and most perceptive observers crafting fiction as life

—— Irish Times

One of the funniest books I have read in a long time

—— Independent

An insight bordering on genius

—— Irish Times

My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world

—— Nick Hornby

A page-turner... Trainspotting gives lies to any cosy notions of a classless society

—— Independent on Sunday

The Scottish Celine

—— Guardian

One of the most significant writers in Britain. He writes with style, imagination, wit and force

—— Times Literary Supplement

Welsh has certainly described the world surrounding Edinburgh's underground drug movement with a most amazing intimacy

—— www.bfkbooks.com

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