Jonathan Littell
Jonathan Littell was born in 1967 in New York of American parents and brought up and educated mainly in France. This novel, originally published in France as Les Bienveillantes, became a bestseller and won the coveted Prix Goncourt and the Academie Francaise's Prix de Litterature. Previously he worked for the humanitarian agency, Action contre la faim, in Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He now lives in Spain.
Jonathan Littell was born in 1967 in New York of American parents and brought up and educated mainly in France. This novel, originally published in France as Les Bienveillantes, became a bestseller and won the coveted Prix Goncourt and the Academie Francaise's Prix de Litterature. Previously he worked for the humanitarian agency, Action contre la faim, in Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He now lives in Spain. See less
Jonathan Littell's Featured Books
Jonathan Littell book reviews
-
The Kindly Ones
Frightening
by cindy, Mar 29, 2012
This is a frightening book that allows whomever reads it see inside of a sick man's brain. It comes close to explaining why that war happened but it still leaves questions as far as why those people ... Read More
-
Les Bienveillantes
Crimes against mothers
Les Bienveillantes aka the Kindly Ones or the Eumenides preside over this novel and its adroit reconstruction of the Nazi campaign to exterminate those they believed inferior: Jews, Poles, roma, ... Read More