The 7th function of language / translated from the French by Sam Taylor

Binet, Laurent

ISBN 10: 1910701580 ISBN 13: 9781910701584

Editorial: London: Harvill Secker, 2017

Idioma: Ingl�s

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Binet, Laurent. The 7th function of language / translated from the French by Sam Taylor. First edition, signed by the author on duplicate front endpaper. London: Harvill Secker, 2017. Hardback, VG+ in unclipped dustjacket with very minor shelfwear to edges and slight remains of label glue on front. Red boards, decorated in red to front and spine. Binding strong and tight. Decorated endpapers in two shades of red. 390pp. Front edge of page block decorated with the number 7 in red. Contents clean and bright. "Semiotics meets the whodunnit in a satiric romp through Parisian intellectual life. In the end, The 7th Function of Language isn t (only) playing for lowbrow/highbrow laughs; it s a mise en sc�ne of conflicting ideas about Frenchness. In an election year that saw Marine Le Pen get dangerously close to the French presidency, Binet s postmodern policier asks where the nation is going, and what kind of car it will drive to get there" (The Guardian). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

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T�tulo: The 7th function of language / translated from the French by Sam Taylor
Editor: London: Harvill Secker
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2017
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 1910701580
ISBN 13: 9781910701584
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Edici�n: 1st Edition
Estado: Near Fine
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine
Firmado: Signed by Author(s)

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'One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels you’ll read this year' - Observer

‘The most outrageously entertaining novel of the year… A joy’ - Philip Hensher

Roland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van. It’s February 1980 and he has just come from lunch with Francois Mitterrand, a slippery politician locked in a battle for the Presidency. Barthes dies soon afterwards. History tells us it was an accident.

But what if it were an assassination? What if Barthes was carrying a document of unbelievable, global importance? A document explaining the seventh function of language – an idea so powerful it gives whoever masters it the ability to convince anyone, in any situation, to do anything.

Police Captain Jacques Bayard and his reluctant accomplice Simon Herzog set off on a chase that takes them from the corridors of power and academia to backstreet saunas and midnight rendezvous. What they discover is a worldwide conspiracy involving the President, murderous Bulgarians and a secret international debating society.

In the world of intellectuals and politicians, everyone is a suspect. Who can you trust when the idea of truth itself is at stake?

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Laurent Binet lives and works in France. His first novel, HHhH, was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes. The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and Prix Interalli�. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Acad�mie fran�aise.

Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator and novelist. He has translated more than 60 books from French including Laurent Binet's HHhH and Leila Slimani's Lullaby.

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