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Loading... Bella del Señor (original 1968; edition 1994)by Albert Cohen
Work InformationBelle du Seigneur by Albert Cohen (1968)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. It is known as the best French love story book, and it is a love story. It takes place between the two But it is above all a truthful critique of human society. It's a difficult book of 1000 pages. The action doesn't start until page two hundred fiftyish; it stops after a few dozen pages, and so on. Even if the plot is simple and the outcome predictable, it is for the superb and modern style of writing that we continue to read it. ( ) It is known as the best French love story book, and it is a love story. It takes place between the two But it is above all a truthful critique of human society. It's a difficult book of 1000 pages. The action doesn't start until page two hundred fiftyish; it stops after a few dozen pages, and so on. Even if the plot is simple and the outcome predictable, it is for the superb and modern style of writing that we continue to read it. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesGallimard, Folio (3039) AwardsNotable Lists
Set largely in Geneva in the mid-1930s, this is a sprawling, baroque novel and a brilliantly sustained commentary on middle-class manners. Its classic status has recently been confirmed by its inclusion in the prestigious Gallimard Pleiade. No library descriptions found. |
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