Ritournelle de la faim
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
 Set in Paris in the 1930s, it tells the story of Ethel, a young woman who must save herself and her parents, torn by the age's politics and their hatred for each other.The story seems so simple. A narrator who is and is not the author tells the story of a young girl – Ethel Brown – who is and is not the mother of JMG Le Clézio. French language text sample from "Ritournelle de la faim" can be read online