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Le diable au corps, Raymond Radiguet
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1994
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- Titel
- Le diable au corps
- Autor*innen
- Raymond Radiguet
- Verlag
- J'ai Lu
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1994
- Seitenzahl
- 98
- ISBN10
- 227730008X
- ISBN13
- 9782277300083
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historisches Thema, Liebe, Klassiker, Frankreich, 20. Jahrhundert, Französische Literatur, Erster Weltkrieg (1914–1918), Pubertät, Jugendliebe
- Originaltitel
- Le diable au corps
- Bewertung
- 3,75 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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.