Read the definitive essay collection from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Adversary, dubbed ''France''s greatest writer of non-fiction'' (New York Times)
''The most exciting living writer'' Karl Ove Knausgaard
Over the course of his career, Emmanuel Carr- has reinvented non-fiction writing. In a search for truth in all its guises, he dispenses with the rules of genre. For him, no form is out of reach: theology, historiography, reportage and memoir - among many others - are fused under the pressure of an inimitable combination of passion, curiosity and intellect that has made Carr- one of our most distinctive and important literary voices today.
97,196 Words introduces Carr-''s shorter work to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary texts written over an illustrious twenty-five-year period of Carr-''s creative life, the book shows a remarkable mind at work. Spanning continents, hi
