Lullaby (1980 novel)

Lullaby is the title of a novel written in French by French author and Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio .

Plot summary

The adolescent Lullaby strolls the beaches, cliffs and caves on the outskirts of her home town (this is situated in an unnamed Mediterranean environment). Her getting in groove with the ocean and the elements is what gets her going, and finally she can return to the life she once knew as meaningless, only now adding a bit of meaning to it.^[1]

Publication history

First French edition

• Le Clézio, J. M. G; Illustrated by Georges Lemoine (1980) (in French). Lullaby. Paris: Gallimard, Collection Folio Junior. pp. 72. ISBN 978-2-07-033140-6. 

Second French edition

• Le Clézio, J. M. G; Illustrated by Georges Lemoine (1984) (in French). Lullaby et autres Histoires. Paris: Gallimard. pp. 72. ISBN 978-2-07-051395-6. Re-Print 1997OCLC 46760289

Third French edition

• Le Clézio, J. M. G; Christian Biet/ Illustrated by Georges Lemoine (1999) (in French). Lullaby. Paris: Gallimard Jeunesse. pp. 72. ISBN 978-2-07-051395-6. 

Fourth French edition

• Le Clézio, J. M. G; Illustrated by Georges Lemoine (2007) (in French). Lullaby. Paris: Gallimard Education. pp. 72. ISBN 978-2-07-061258-1. 

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