(Description) 

Author: DUCHARME, Réjean.
Title: L'Avalée des avalés.
Language: Text French
Publisher: Paris, NRF, Gallimard, 1966. First Edition, second printing- printed October 28th, 1966 (The first printing was a month earlier, on September 7th, 1966).
Size: 8" X 6 ".
Pages: 281 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original softcover binding (hinges fine - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown).

Estimate:  (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).

The book: Scarce French First edition of L'Avalée des avalés (The Swallower Swallowed) -- L'Avalée des avalés [fr] (Swallowed), Ducharme's first novel, was shortlisted for the 1966 Prix Goncourt, even though the author was only 24 years old and unknown. That same year, the book won the 1966 Governor General's Award for Poetry or Drama (Poésie et théâtre). L'Avalée des avalés later won the 2005 French version of Canada Reads, where it was defended by actress Sophie Cadieux.

The author: Réjean Ducharme (August 12, 1941 – August 21, 2017) was a Québécois novelist and playwright who resided in Montreal. He was known for his reclusive personality and did not appear at any public functions since his first successful book was published in 1966. A common theme of his early work was the rejection of the adult world by children.