Ritournelle de la faimRitournelle de la faim is a novel written in French by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.Plot summarySet in Paris in the 1930s, it deals with 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 sampleFrench language text sample from Ritournelle de la faim can be read online.Publication historyParis: ''Lire''Lire no. 369, : 64