The outlying humanity that Le Clézio explores in this collection of stories finds its expression in the understanding of children. The world of Mondo and Other Stories is that of a natural world pushed to the margins by complacent, indifferent modernity. Haunting and beautiful, these stories speak to a universal longing for a life beyond the confines and trappings of modern existence.
J. M. G. Le Cl¿o, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Nice in 1940 and is one of France¿s best-known contemporary writers. His books Onitsha and The Round and Other Cold Hard Facts are both available from the University of Nebraska Press. Alison Anderson is the author of Hidden Latitudes and Darwin¿s Wink and translated Le Cl¿o¿s Onitsha.
