Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Hervé le Tellier (Author)
Hervé Le Tellier is a writer, journalist, mathematician, food critic, and teacher. Since 1992, he has been a member of the prestigious and experimental Oulipo group of writers and mathematicians, who work to push against the boundaries of form and structure.
At the age of 64, with a decades-long career and several novels, essay and short story collections to his name, The Anomaly is his breakout hit. In 2020, it was awarded the prestigious Prix Goncourt, and has sold over a million copies.
Adriana Hunter (Translator)
Adriana Hunter has translated more than one hundred books, and has won or been shortlisted for numerous translation prizes, most recently as the runner-up for the 2024 Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Hervé Le Tellier’s The Anomaly. She lives in Kent, England.
<p>Buckle your seatbelts, as Hervé le Tellier takes you on <b>an extraordinary ride</b>. <b>You won't want to put this book down until the very last page!</b></p>
- Leïla Slimani, author of Lullaby, winner of the 2016 Prix Goncourt
Wow, what <b>an exciting, original blend of theory and heart</b>. It's <b>astonishing.</b> I can't describe it, except to say: read it, and prepare for a whole new perspective on your own existence - and plane travel
- Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal
<b>A mind-bending, prize-winning speculative thriller</b>
Guardian
<b>A good idea, elegantly executed</b>
Daily Telegraph
<b>A funny, smart thriller that surfs the Zeitgeist with typical elan</b>
- Adrian McKinty, bestselling author of <i>The Chain</i>,
<b>A really intriguing novel</b>
- John Boyne,
<i>The Anomaly </i>is one and ten novels at once, <b>brilliantly connecting every mystery of intimacy with the great mystery of humanity</b>
- Michel Bussi,
It's <b>a phenomenal read</b>. I loved how it tied together. <b>So clever yet also so gripping</b>
- Harriet Tyce, Sunday Times bestselling author of Blood Orange
This <b>high-concept SF thriller is enormous fun</b>: a French prize winner spiced with Oulipian theory and literary in-jokes, riddling away at existential questions in the guise of <b>a breakneck page-turner'</b>
Guardian, 'Summer Reading: The 50 Hottest New Books'
<b>Amusing, affecting, effervescent</b>
Guardian
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Hervé le Tellier (Author)
Hervé Le Tellier is a writer, journalist, mathematician, food critic, and teacher. Since 1992, he has been a member of the prestigious and experimental Oulipo group of writers and mathematicians, who work to push against the boundaries of form and structure.
At the age of 64, with a decades-long career and several novels, essay and short story collections to his name, The Anomaly is his breakout hit. In 2020, it was awarded the prestigious Prix Goncourt, and has sold over a million copies.
Adriana Hunter (Translator)
Adriana Hunter has translated more than one hundred books, and has won or been shortlisted for numerous translation prizes, most recently as the runner-up for the 2024 Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Hervé Le Tellier’s The Anomaly. She lives in Kent, England.