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In the Absence of Men
In the Absence of Men
Author: Philippe Besson
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. It also dares to introduce an asthmatic middle-aged Proust into its masterfully manipulated plot and invents a series of deeply felt...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786711611
ISBN-10: 0786711612
Pages: 180
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  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Splendid! What M. Proust wanted to do. This book is in translation, from the French, but the word craft is still breath taking. A 16 y.o. at the beginning of the 19th CE looks with the eyes of not a child but not an adult. He has no attachment to the past and is too young to fear the future. He looks at the moment with the intent to absorb every particle it has to offer without fear. His only regret is not to fill up on the now. Unlike Proust, the book is short and moves forward with well edited direction.
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