Le grand meaulnes (1979)

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Le grand meaulnes (1979)
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Literature

Le grand meaulnes (1979)

Henri Alain-Fournier
Edition year 1979
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Ian Ribbons
Translator Katharine Vivian
Weight 0.75 Kg
Pages 220
Dimensions 22.2 × 14.2 cm

Edition details

Le Grand Meaulnes by Henri Alain-Fournier. Translated by Katharine Vivian. Introduction by Patrick Garland, 9 leaves of lithographs by Ian Ribbons. Full green cloth binding blocked with a design in black by Ribbons. Red endleaves. Blue slipcase. 22.2x14.2cm. 220pp.

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Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes follows a schoolboy whose mysterious disappearance leads him to an enchanted country estate and an unforgettable encounter with a young woman. His attempt to recover that lost moment becomes an obsession shaping the lives of those around him. Dreamlike and nostalgic, the novel explores adolescence, memory, longing and the impossibility of recovering perfect happiness.

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