The Devil in the Flesh Contributor(s): Radiguet, Raymond (Author), Moncrieff, Christopher (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1612190561 ISBN-13: 9781612190563 Publisher: Melville House Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2011053355 |
Series: Neversink |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.07" W x 8" (0.36 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Hailed by Jean Cocteau as a masterpiece, and by the Guardian as Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero, avant la lettre, this taut tale written by a teenager in the form of a frank confession is a gem of early twentieth century romanticism. Long unavailable in the U.S., it is here presented in a sparkling new translation. Set in Paris during the First World War, it tells the story of Francois, the 16-year-old narrator, who falls in love with Marthe, an older, married woman whose husband is off fighting at the front. What seems to begin as a charming tale of puppy love quickly darkens, and they launch into a steamy affair. In the tense environment of the wartime city, their love takes on a desperation transcending their youthfulness. And as the badly-kept secret of their relationship unfolds, scandal descends, leading the story to a final, startling conclusion--and causing the book itself to become a scandal when it was first published in 1923, just before the author's death at the age of 20. |