LEADER 00000cam a2200385 a 4500 001 15610119 005 20100218123332.0 008 090203s2009 mau 000 1 eng 010 2009003264 020 9781848873810 035 (OCoLC)ocn301798206 040 DLC|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dC#P|dBWX|dZPP|dCDX|dJAG|dVP@|dSLV |dDLC 041 1 eng|hfre 050 00 PQ2672.E25|bD413 2009 082 00 843/.914|222 100 1 Le Clézio, J.-M. G.|q(Jean-Marie Gustave),|d1940- 240 10 Désert.|lEnglish 245 10 Desert /|cJ.M.G Le Clézio ; translated from the French by C. Dickson. 250 1st U.S. ed. 260 Boston :|bAtlantic books,|c2009. 300 352 p. ;|c23 cm. 490 1 A Verba Mundi book ;|v[15] 500 Series numbering from jacket. 500 "Originally published in French in 1980 as Désert"--T.p. verso. 520 After being driven from their land by French colonial soldiers in 1909, Nour and his people, "the blue men" must search for a haven out of the desert that will shelter them. Interspersed with the story of Nour is the contemporary story of Lalla, a descendent of the blue men, who lives in Morocco and tries to stay true to the blood of her ancestors while experiencing life as a modern immigrant. 650 0 Berbers|vFiction. 650 0 Tuaregs|vFiction. 650 0 Young women|zFrance|vFiction. 651 0 Sahara|vFiction. 700 1 Dickson, C. 830 0 Verba Mundi ;|v15.
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