The Flood
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The Flood

J.M.G. Le Clézio
3.11
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Francois Besson listens to a tape recording of a girl contemplating suicide. Drifting through the days in a provincial city, he thoughtlessly starts a fire in his apartment, attends confession, and examines, with great intentness but without affection, a naked woman he wakes beside.
Genres: FictionFranceFrench LiteratureLiterary FictionModern Classics
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