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The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) - Alain-Fournier, Robin Buss, Adam Gopnik
The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)
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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... show more
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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780141441894 (0141441895)
ASIN: 141441895
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 227
Edition language: English
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Beamis12
Beamis12 rated it
3.5 The Lost Domain
I am so glad that this French classic has been re-released to give others like myself who had never heard of this very interesting novel a chance to read it. Extremely well done, a quality that is both dreamy and surrealistic. So many strange elements all set in or near a boy's school. A fete given ...
Edward
Edward rated it
4.0 The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)
IntroductionA Note on the Translation--The Lost Estate
catpdx
catpdx rated it
3.0 Le Grand Meaulnes
Book sale pick up. Lovely in parts, but the high French romance does grate...
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