About the Author:
Laurent Gaude is a French novelist and playwright. Born in 1972, he has written five plays and two novels, achieving great success and acclaim throughout Europe. 'Death of an Ancient King', his first work to be published in English, was a massive bestseller in his native France, and won two major prizes: the Prix de Goncourt des Lyceens and the Prix des Libraires - voted for by hundreds of French-speaking booksellers from across France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada. He lives in Paris.
Review:
'Like a magician, Gaude boils down to a magic potion the raw emotion of our most deeply-rooted fears and desires.' Le Monde 'As in the works of Homer, passion ignites a war without end. This tour de force gives vital new life to an ancient form: the tragic epic.' Le Nouvel Observateur 'A magnificent fable about the blindness of war...Gaude's pen transforms battles into ballets, at once monstrous and sublime; you can almost taste the earth and the blood.' Elle 'Gaude writes in a courtly language with an elegiac, almost hypnotic rhythm.' Sunday Telegraph 'Gaude writes in an elegiac, lyrical style, the simplicity of the prose matching the timelessness of his message.' Sunday Business Post
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