Description
Product ID: | 9781784876364 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Vintage Editions |
Title: | In the Absence of Men |
Authors: | Author: Philippe Besson, Frank Wynne |
Page Count: | 192 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Fiction in translation, Historical fiction, Fiction in translation |
Description: | Select Guide Rating FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIE WITH MEIt 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 out into the light, his ever-riskier liaisons with a young solider begin to shape Vincent’s future. Translated by Frank Wynne'A short, bold and original novel which beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth' Independent FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIE WITH ME |
Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-09-03 |