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 Carrere 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 Carrere one of our most distinctive and important literary voices today.

97,196 Words introduces Carrere's shorter work to an English-language audience. Featuring more than thirty extraordinary texts written over an illustrious twenty-five-year period of Carrere's creative life, the book shows a remarkable mind at work. Spanning continents, histories, and personal relationships, 97,196 Words considers the divides between truth, reality and our shared humanity, exploring remarkable events and eccentric lives, including Carrere's own.

* A New York Times Notable Book *

From the bestselling author of The Adversary and 'France's greatest writer of nonfiction' (New York Times), the first collection of Carr re's essays in English.

About the Author
Emmanuel Carrere is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter and film director. He is the award-winning, internationally renowned author of fifteen books, including My Life as a Russain Novel, Limonov, The Kingdom, 97,196 Words, Yoga and the Sunday Times bestselling The Adversary.

Reviews
A superb collection of essays by Emmanuel Carrere, one of the best storytellers around... When Carrere writes a story, he knows how to stir up powerful and conflicting emotions in his reader, which is one of the reasons he's so good... It's the best book I've read for ages. -- William Leith * Evening Standard *Books of the Year* *
The most exciting living writer. -- Karl Ove Knausgaard
Emmanuel Carrere is known for the way he bends and breaks genres... [he] is the most celebrated writer of high-end nonfiction in France... the core of Mr Carrere's talent is precisely that he brings readers into sympathetic contact with others, powerful and powerless, insiders and outsiders... It is a masterful illusion. * Economist *
Impossible not to fall in love with...Carrere is regarded as a superstar writer... it is a joy to be reminded of all the wonderful things that [creative non-fiction] can do. -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *
Emmanuel Carrere, a man fascinated by crime, eroticism and the oddities of human behaviour, is arguably France's most original living writer of non-fiction... he creates reportage, that, with its insight and humanity, is closer to literature than journalism. -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9781784705824
Author Emmanuel Carrere
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 244g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 20mm