97,196 Words

<p><b>Read the definitive essay collection from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Adversary</i>, dubbed 'France's greatest writer of non-fiction' (<i>New York Times</i>)</b><br><br><b>'The most exciting living writer' Karl Ove Knausgaard</b><br><br>Over the course of his career, Emmanuel Carrère has reinvented non-fiction writing. In a search for truth in all its guises, he dispenses with the rules of genre. For him, no form is out of reach: theology, historiography, reportage and memoir - among many others - are fused under the pressure of an inimitable combination of passion, curiosity and intellect that has made Carrère one of our most distinctive and important literary voices today.<br><br><i>97,196 Words</i> introduces Carrère's shorter work to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary texts written over an illustrious twenty-five-year period of Carrère's creative life, the book shows a remarkable mind at work. Spanning continents, histories, and personal relationships, <i>97,196 Words </i>considers the divides between truth, reality and our shared humanity, exploring remarkable events and eccentric lives, including Carrère's own.<br><br><b>* A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book *</b></p> <p><b>Read the definitive essay collection from the <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Adversary</i>, dubbed 'France's greatest writer of non-fiction' (<i>New York Times</i>)</b><br><br><b>'The most exciting living writer' Karl Ove Knausgaard</b><br><br>Over the course of his career, Emmanuel Carrère has reinvented non-fiction writing. In a search for truth in all its guises, he dispenses with the rules of genre. For him, no form is out of reach: theology, historiography, reportage and memoir - among many others - are fused under the pressure of an inimitable combination of passion, curiosity and intellect that has made Carrère one of our most distinctive and important literary voices today.<br><br><i>97,196 Words</i> introduces Carrère's shorter work to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary texts written over an illustrious twenty-five-year period of Carrère's creative life, the book shows a remarkable mind at work. Spanning continents, histories, and personal relationships, <i>97,196 Words </i>considers the divides between truth, reality and our shared humanity, exploring remarkable events and eccentric lives, including Carrère's own.<br><br><b>* A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book *</b></p>