Your Father's Room

ISBN-13: 9781910477342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 112 str.

Michel Deon; Julian Evans

Opis

A touching fictionalized memoir and masterly evocation of period from one of the towering French literary figures of the past century.A patchwork of events narrated from young Edouard's perspective give an intimate view of life in Paris and Monaco in the interwar years. As Teddy makes sense of his bourgeois yet unconventional world, we witness his relationship with his parents and others, and the key moments that will mould his personality.Michel Deon is a member of the Academie francaise. Born in Paris in 1919, he is the author of more than fifty works. He lives in Ireland.

Recenzje

'Wonderful, immersive. He deserves to have a wider English audience' Historical Novel Society Magazine

'Artfully told... readers, propelled by Julian Evans silky-smooth translation, will find the ride in Déon's balloon exhilarating' TLS

'Wryly funny prose ... a delight' Independent on Sunday

'Your Father's Room is a bittersweet masterpiece of confusion and heartache, nuance and atmosphere (...)Nostalgic and disturbingly familiar, Michel Déon's remembrance of things past is well worth reading.' BookBlast

Praise for Michel Déon

'It is shamefully parochial of us that this eminent writer has been so ignored' Sunday Times

'A big-hearted coming-of-age shaggy-dog story ... leaves you feeling better about life' The Spectator

O autorze

Michel Déon published over fifty works. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, Les Poneys Sauvages (The Wild Ponies). His 1973 novel, Un Taxi Mauve, garnered him international renown when it received the esteemed title of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. His novels have been translated into numerous languages. He was considered one of the most innovative French writers of the 21st century. A member of the Académie française, Déon was one of just forty members who are elected by their peers to serve for life. Déon died in 2016.

Julian Evans grew up in Australia and London in the 1960s. He is a writer and translator. He has written and presented radio and television documentaries and writes for English and French newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, Prospect, Times Literary Supplement and L'Atelier du Roman. He is a recipient of the Prix du Rayonnement de la Langue Française from the Académie Française. He currently lives in London with his wife and their two children.