Jonathan Littell (Author of The Kindly Ones)

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Jonathan Littell

Born

in New York City, The United States

October 10, 1967

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Claude Lanzmann, Georges Bataille, Samuel Beckett, William S. Burrough ...more

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A bi-lingual (English / French) writer living in Barcelona. He is a dual citizen of the United States and France and is of Jewish background. His first novel written in French, Les Bienveillantes , won two major French awards.

His father is the writer Robert Littell, also resident in France and who authored numerous spy novels. ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 15,860 ratings · 1,681 reviews · 26 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Kindly Ones 4.02 avg rating — 14,469 ratings — published 2006 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising by Jonathan Littell, Charlotte Mandell (Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Een oude geschiedenis by Jonathan Littell, Ilse Barendregt (Translation) 3.01 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2018 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tch茅tch茅nie, An III 3.62 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le sec et l'humide : Une br猫ve incursion en territoire fasciste 3.66 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Inconvenient Place by Jonathan Littell, Charlotte Mandell (translator), Antoine d'Agata (photographer) 3.99 avg rating — 134 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Triptych: How to Look at Francis Bacon 4.15 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Voltage 3.68 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fata Morgana Books by Jonathan Littell, Charlotte Mandell (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Wohlgesinnten; Marginalienband by Jonathan Littell, J眉rg Altwegg (Notes) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render thanks to God and go in peace. But always keep this thought in mind: you might be luckier than I, but you鈥檙e not a better person.”
― Jonathan Littell, The Kindly Ones

tags: killing, war

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“I have remained someone who believes that the only things indispensable to human life are air, food, drink and excretion, and the search for truth. The rest is optional.”
― Jonathan Littell, The Kindly Ones

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“So what's the most atrocious thing you've seen?" He waved his hand: "Man, of course!”
― Jonathan Littell, The Kindly Ones

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