Ritournelle de la faim

Ritournelle de la faim (The Same Old Story of Hunger, or The Refrain of Hunger) is a novel written in French by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.

Ritournelle de la faim

2008 Gallimard 'Collection Blanche' edition
Author	J. M. G. Le Clézio
Original title	Ritournelle de la faim
Language	French
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Gallimard, Collection Blanche
Publication date	1 October 2008
Publication place	France
Media type	Print
Pages	206 pp
ISBN	978-2-07-012283-7
OCLC	261400573
LC Class	PQ2672.E25 R58 2008

Plot summary

Set in Paris in the 1930s, it deals with the story of Ethel, a young woman who must save herself and her parents, torn by the age's politics and their hatred for each other. The story seems so simple. A narrator who is and is not the author tells the story of a young girl – Ethel Brown – who is and is not the mother of JMG Le Clézio.^[1]

French language text sample

French language text sample from Ritournelle de la faim can be read online.^[2]

Publication history

Paris: Lire

• Lire no. 369, (2008): 64^[3]

First French edition

• Le Clézio, J. M. G (2008). Ritournelle de la faim (in French). Paris: Gallimard, Collection Blanche. p. 206. ISBN 978-2-07-012283-7.