Sebastien Roch (Empire of the Senses Ser) - Tapa blanda

Mirbeau, Octave

 
9781873982433: Sebastien Roch (Empire of the Senses Ser)
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ISBN 10: 1873982437 ISBN 13: 9781873982433
Editorial: Dedalus Ltd, 2000

Sinopsis

'In the catalogue of novels about lives distorted by unhappy schooldays, Mirbeau's contribution must be one of the bitterest. He follows the young, carefree Sebastien from a small French town to the bleak Breton coast. There the Jesuit fathers, in whom his snobbish father has placed so much trust,heap misery upon misery. The ironmonger's son is mocked by France's adolescent aristocracy and turns for comfort to the perfidious priests. An angry novel, but poignant through Mirbeau's descriptions of landscape to which his hero sensitively responds. But the age allows no redemption for Roch except oblivion.' Isobel Montgomery in The Guardian 'The tale is a semi-autobiographical portrait of a boy's coming of age in provincial France against a Belle Epoque backdrop. From serene impressionism to violent pornographic excesses, the bones of Mirbeau's life makes for a moving novel.' Alex O'Connell in The Times 'It is a novel that combines anger and lyricism, the raw beauty of the landscape in sharp contrast to the ugliness of real life.' Tariq Ali in The Financial Times

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Reseña del editor

Sebastien Roch is a portrait of a boy's psychological, sexual and political coming of age in provincial France against the background of the Belle Epoque. We follow Sebastien as he enters a Jesuit college as a natural, upspoilt, innocent child and develops in a corrupt, disillusioned, tortured adolescent until his senseless death at the age of twenty-one on the battlefield.

Biografía del autor

Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a leader of the "Decadent" movement. Producing works in reportage, art and literary criticism, travel writing, fiction, and drama, he inspired everything from surrealism to gonzo journalism.

POUSSIN ET MOISE 2

Nicoletta Simborowski read Modern Languages at Oxford and then worked in publishing and as a teacher at Westminster School in London.She combines a career as a lecturer in Italian at Christ Church, Oxford with freelance interpreting and translating for television and video. Her translations for Dedalus are: The Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello, Abbe Jules and Sebastien Roch by Octave Mirbeau.

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Editorial
Dedalus Ltd
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1873982437
ISBN 13 
9781873982433
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
320
Editor
Costa Margaret Jull
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