The Past - Couverture souple

Pauls, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099481278 ISBN 13 : 9780099481270

Editeur : Vintage, 2008

Synopsis

'A novel that is brilliant enough to raise itself effortlessly above and beyond the level of the vices it portrays: strange art and reckless passion, cocaine, excessive exercise and other forms of addiction' - Fabienne Dum, Le Monde

Rímini splits up with his girlfriend of twelve years, Sofía. The parting is initially amicable and he moves on, carefree, with a new zest for life. Hungry to make up for lost time and keen to forget the past, he finds a younger girlfriend and starts using cocaine.

Sofía, however, finds herself unable to let go, and continues to reappear on Rímini's horizon. Though the apparently idyllic relationship is over, their love has not died, merely taken on a different form. As time passes and their paths continue to cross, the past festers and torments them, like an infection.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Pauls was born in Buenos Aires in 1959. He has worked as a university lecturer, scriptwriter, film critic and, more recently, as a journalist. He has published four novels, including the much-praised Wasabi. The Past has been published in several foreign languages, and it was the unanimously acclaimed winner of the 2003 Herralde Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099481278
• ISBN 13: 9780099481270
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
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• Personne responsable: non disponible