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Lost Estate (le Grand Meaulnes) by Henri. Alain-Fournier (2007, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141441895
ISBN-139780141441894
eBay Product ID (ePID)63133862
Product Key Features
Book TitleLost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary, Coming of Age, Romance / General
Publication Year2007
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction
AuthorHenri. Alain-Fournier
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight6.8 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then." -Nick Hornby, I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then. Nick Hornby, I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then.” —Nick Hornby, "I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as poignant now as I did then." Nick Hornby "[A] favorite . . . a beautiful and mysterious story about the end of childhood." Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal843.912
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisAn unforgettable French masterpiece in the spirit of "The Catcher in the Rye"in a dazzling new translation When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring, and charisma. But when he attends a strange party at a mysterious house with a beautiful girl hidden inside, he is changed forever. Published here in the first new English translation since 1959, this evocative novel has at its center both a Peter Pan in provincial Francea kid who refuses to grow upand a Parsifal, pursuing his love to the ends of the earth. Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain- Fourniers narrator compellingly carries the reader through this indelible portrait of desperate friendship and vanished adolescence., An unforgettable French masterpiece in the spirit of The Catcher in the Rye -in a dazzling new translation When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring, and charisma. But when he attends a strange party at a mysterious house with a beautiful girl hidden inside, he is changed forever. Published here in the first new English translation since 1959, this evocative novel has at its center both a Peter Pan in provincial France-a kid who refuses to grow up-and a Parsifal, pursuing his love to the ends of the earth. Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain- Fournier's narrator compellingly carries the reader through this indelible portrait of desperate friendship and vanished adolescence. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification NumberPQ2611.O85
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- 27 Aug, 2019
A Cult Classic for a reason!
I never heard of this until recently in a book, and I bought it immediately because I knew I would really enjoy it and I was not mistaken, it's pure emotion & a critic on life moments we all share. Definitely a mixture of things: coming of youth, high romance & it's shortcomings, fairytale quality, historic context, simple poetics and much more. I read it in one day, it held my attention close to the very last page with it's magical trance-like quality. Each character compels you and their lives intertwine & run parallel to one another in a grand dance. The fete itself provides you with a slight Kafkaesque quality, and the turmoil that follows takes on a larger than life quality much like the high romance acted upon earnestly. I highly recommend this classic novel. The author's circumstances are also brought to a higher level of tragedy because of this book's greatness & candor.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
