Archipel

by Michel Rio

At Hamilton School, where the students have to be rich and smart, the narrator, a boy of sixteen, becomes involved with Alexandra Hamilton, the headmistress, with Miss Arkin, the school nurse, and with Leonard Wilde, the 60-year-old librarian, all duringthe holidays

Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Michel Rio is a french writer born in Brittany and who spent his childhood in Madagascar. He lives in Paris.

He studied semiology and published his first novel in 1972.

With more than twenty novels published, is body of work spans genres such as crime fiction, theater, essays, and short stories. His absolutely literary work, translated from the start in the United States, is now published in more than twenty languages.

Michel Rio has won several prizes (Prix du Roman and Grand Prix du Roman by the Société des Gens de Lettres, Prix des Créateurs, Premier Prix du C.E. Renault, Prix Médicis).

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A descriptive philosophical novel about a young man at a boarding school. It’s sort of a memoir of his budding sexuality and philosophy of it.

[M0rfeus · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a sort of "Catcher in the Rye" in French. It is the first part of the Michel Rio trilogy formed by:

Archipel
Tlacuilo
Manhattan Terminus

Rio is a superb writer and well worth your time. However I believe his works are only available in French. C'est la vie!