2006 Goncourt literary prize winner announced
Date: November 6, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
The 39-year-old American author Jonathan Littell has won the 2006 Goncourt literary prize, one of France’s most important annual literary awards, with his work Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones).
Les Bienveillantes
by Jonathan Littell
A 900-page first-person fictional account of an unrepentant SS officer as he recalls the extermination of the Jews in World War II. The novel will be available in English in 2008.
You can read more about Les Bienveillantes at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
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