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28. Juni 2001 · In the Absence of Men. Philippe Besson, Frank Wynne. 4.01. 2,809 ratings468 reviews. Like Michael Cunningham’s homage to Virginia Woolf in The Hours and Jean Rhys’s to Charlotte Bronte in The Wide Sargasso Sea, Philippe Besson’s extravagantly praised first novel pays tribute to Marcel Proust.
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It is the summer of 1916 and, with German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, the sixteen-year-old son of a prestigious family, the tranquillity of the city sits at odds with the salons and soirees he attends. But, after an electrifying encounter with the enigmatic writer, Marcel P, draws Vincent’s desires ...
In the Absence of Men is a novel by Philippe Besson published originally in French by Éditions Julliard in 2001. Besson's first novel, it won the prix Emmanuel-Roblès. Background. The first novel by Besson, he had to send the manuscript to seven or eight publishers eventually settling on the publisher Julliard. [1] .
- Philippe Besson
- French
- France
- Frank Wynne
In the Absence of Men: A Novel | Besson, Philippe, Wynne, Frank | ISBN: 9780786711611 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.
Vincent is aristocratic and privileged, frequenting the salons of Paris while France is at war and the city almost deserted of men. In that brutal summer, Vincent's beauty and precocity captivate two men: Marcel, thirty years his senior, a writer and celebrated socialite; and Arthur, the twenty-one year old son of one of the servants, who is ...
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A magical first novel by a talented young French author recreates Proust’s upper-middle-class Paris during WWI. Few established novelists would dare to write a novel in which Proust appears as a character. Fewer still would have the nerve to invent love letters written by Proust to a 16-year-old boy.
Summary. FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIE WITH ME. It is the summer of 1916 and, with German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, the sixteen-year-old son of a prestigious family, the tranquillity of the city sits at odds with the salons and soirees he attends.
