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Author
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 18 cm
Description
It is the summer of 1916 and, with German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, the 16-year-old son of a prestigious family, the tranquility 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 out into the light, his ever-riskier liaisons with a young soldier begin to shape Vincent’s future.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
148 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully-timed encounter between two seventeen-year-olds. It's the start of a secret, intensely-passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate. Besson's exquisitely...
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