An edition of A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

La Conjuration des imbéciles

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An edition of A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)

La Conjuration des imbéciles

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.7 (73 ratings) ·
  • 231 Want to read
  • 19 Currently reading
  • 105 Have read

"Écrit au début des années soixante par un jeune inconnu qui devait se suicider en 1969, à l'âge de trente-deux ans, parce qu'il se croyait un écrivain raté, La Conjuration des imbéciles n'a été éditée qu'en 1980. Le plus drôle dans cette histoire, pour peu qu'on goûte l'humour noir, c'est qu'aussitôt publié, le roman a connu un immense succès outre-Atlantique et s'est vu couronné en 1981 par le prestigieux prix Pulitzer.Une façon pour les Américains de démentir à retardement le pied de nez posthume que leur adressait l'écrivain, plaçant en exergue à son livre cette citation de Swift : "Quand un vrai génie apparaît en ce bas monde, on peut le reconnaître à ce signe que les imbéciles sont tous ligués contre lui." " Bernard Le Saux, Le Matin
(back cover)

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Editions 10/19
Language
French
Pages
478

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Subjects

mothers, travel, housing, character, sons, groups, loneliness, Young men, Mothers and sons, Fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, humorous, Mothers and sons, fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Large type books, American literature, Madres e hijos, Novela, Hombres jóvenes

People

Ignatius J. Reilly, Myrna Minkoff, Irene Reilly, Santa Battaglia, Claude Robichaux, Angelo Mancuso, Lana Lee, George, Darlene, Burma Jones, Mr. Clyde, Gus Levy, Mrs. Levy, Miss Trixie, Mr. Gonzalez, Dorian Greene, Frieda Club, Dr. Talc, Miss Annie

Places

New Orleans (La.), New Orleans, Louisiana, French Quarter, Canal Street, Mississippi River, D.H. Holmes, Werlein's Music Store, Prytania Theater

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Cover of: La conjura de los necios
La conjura de los necios
2014, Anagrama
Paperback in Spanish - 1a ed.
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Cover of: La conjura de los necios
La conjura de los necios
2013, Colofón, Anagrama
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Cover of: A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
2006, Grove Press
Paperback in English - 39th printing
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Cover of: La Conjuration des imbéciles
La Conjuration des imbéciles
August 1, 2002, Editions 10/19
Mass Market Paperback
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Cover of: La Conjuration des imbéciles
La Conjuration des imbéciles
1998-07, Editions 10/19
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Cover of: A confederacy of dunces
A confederacy of dunces
1995, Wings Books, Distributed by Random House Value Pub.
in English
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Cover of: Ignaz oder Die Verschwörung der Idioten. Roman.
Ignaz oder Die Verschwörung der Idioten. Roman.
January 1, 1988, Dtv
Paperback in German
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Cover of: A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
1981, Penguin
in English
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Edition Notes

Published in
Paris, France
Copyright Date
1981
Translation Of
Confederacy of Dunces
Translated From
English

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
477p.
Number of pages
478

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27914304M
Internet Archive
laconjurationdes0000tool
ISBN 10
2264017597
ISBN 13
9782264017598
OCLC/WorldCat
1040540956
Amazon ID (ASIN)
2264017597
Goodreads
1602186

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A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures."

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A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head.
added anonymously.

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