Name: In the Absence of Men
ISBN: 9780786711611

Philippe Besson

Frank Wynne

A powerful debut novel chronicles the wartime coming-of-age of young Vincent, a lover of Proust whose story is told by the great French writer himself.

In the Absence of Men

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.

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deacon

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Amanda Sutter

bernard black

In 1916 beleven een 16-jarige scholier en een 21-jarige frontsoldaat, die de zoon van Marcel Proust blijkt te zijn, de week van hun liefde, die zich tragisch lijkt te ontwikkelen.

In the Absence of Men

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