Ourania

J. M. G. Le Clézio · 2006 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

A young French geographer, Daniel, travels in Mexico and is led to Campos, a hidden valley in Michoacan where a community has built a utopian life. The book alternates his account with the history of the place. It continues Le Clézio's long engagement with Mexico and with societies set apart from the modern world.

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