As New: The book is in pristine, original condition as if just published. No signs of use or handling. The dust jacket [if present] is equally flawless. This grade applies to any book that has remained untouched in storage for years.
A first edition, first printing hardback with dust jacket, highly collectible as a prize-winning work by a Nobel Prize–winning author. Winner of the Prix Médicis, this edition holds strong appeal for collectors of twentieth-century European literature and the nouveau roman movement.
This formally inventive novel exemplifies Claude Simon’s experimental approach to narrative, memory, and time. Fragmented yet immersive, the text weaves personal recollection with historical experience, dissolving linear storytelling in favour of associative rhythm and image. Demanding but richly rewarding, Histoire stands as a key work in Simon’s oeuvre, showcasing his stylistic ambition and intellectual depth while offering a powerful meditation on history, consciousness, and perception.