The Prix Goncourt winners of the 1990s
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Fields of Glory — Jean Rouaud · Les Filles du calvaire — Pierre Combescot · Texaco — Patrick Chamoiseau. (Updated Dec 21, 2019.)
The ten novels awarded the Prix Goncourt from 1990 to 1999.
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Top 10
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1
Fields of Glory — Jean Rouaud
1990. A family from the Loire and the shadow of World War I; a debut.
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Les Filles du calvaire — Pierre Combescot
1991. The Paris of cabarets and women's destinies.
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3
Texaco — Patrick Chamoiseau
1992. The history of a Fort-de-France neighbourhood in Creole and French.
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The Rock of Tanios — Amin Maalouf
1993. A Lebanese legend in the 19th century.
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5
One-Way — Didier van Cauwelaert
1994. A young man from Marseille 'sent back' to a Morocco he has never known.
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6
Dreams of My Russian Summers — Andreï Makine
1995. A Russian boy and his French grandmother; also the Prix Médicis.
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Zero Hunter — Pascale Roze
1996. A girl haunted by her father's death at Okinawa; a debut.
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8
The Battle — Patrick Rambaud
1997. The Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, after a project by Balzac.
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9
Confidence pour confidence — Paule Constant
1998. Four women brought together for one day.
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10
I'm Gone — Jean Echenoz
1999. An art dealer heads to the Arctic in search of treasure.
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