Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781885586865
Publisert
2000-04-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Turtle Point Press
Vekt
110 gr
Høyde
184 mm
Bredde
120 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Julien Gracq (1910-2007), born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, was one of the greatest French writers of the twentieth century. His work included essays, criticism, fiction and journalism. He won but refused the Prix Goncourt in 1951 for his novel Le Rivage des Syrtes (The Opposing Shore). This retiring and misunderstood figure said he wrote "to settle a score with expression itself, to give form, stability, precision to things that are vague in the mind."
Mr Gracq is one of the more stimulating and original imaginations in contemporary French literature' - The New York Times Book Review It is All Saints' Day, 1917. The Great War leads up to the Russian Revolution as our narrator, a former soldier, recalls the events surrounding his arrival at the home of Jacques Nueil, an aviator and avant-garde composer. A twist on a triangular relationship, this carefully paced, mysteriously atmospheric novel evokes the power of sensed yet unspoken impulses as it blurs the boundaries between the fantastical and the real.'
Les mer
A former soldier, the narrator of this novel, recalls the events surrounding his arrival at the home of his friend Jacques Nueil, a dandy, an aviator and avant-garde composer.
"A slender beautifully written work takes us into the war-torn French countryside in 1917...its theme of anxiety created by a distant media driven war proves an apt metaphor for our time."—East Bay Express
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781885586865
Publisert
2000-04-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Turtle Point Press
Vekt
110 gr
Høyde
184 mm
Bredde
120 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96
Forfatter