The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)
Author: Alain-Fournier, Henri
ISBN: 9780141441894
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2007
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
First new English translation since 1959 by acclaimed translator Robin Buss
When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house and a beautiful girl hidden within it, he has been changed forever. In his restless search for his Lost Estate and the happiness he found there, Meaulnes, observed by his loyal friend Francois, may risk losing everything he ever had. Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain-Fournier's compelling narrator carries the reader through this evocative and unbearably poignant portrayal of desperate friendship and vanished adolescence.
ISBN: 9780141441894
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2007
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
First new English translation since 1959 by acclaimed translator Robin Buss
When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house and a beautiful girl hidden within it, he has been changed forever. In his restless search for his Lost Estate and the happiness he found there, Meaulnes, observed by his loyal friend Francois, may risk losing everything he ever had. Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain-Fournier's compelling narrator carries the reader through this evocative and unbearably poignant portrayal of desperate friendship and vanished adolescence.
