The Devil in the Flesh - Couverture souple

Radiguet, Raymond

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0714534021 ISBN 13 : 9780714534022

Editeur : Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

"The Devil in the Flesh," one of the finest, most delicate love stories ever written, is set in Paris during the last year of the First World War. The narrator, a boy of 16, tells of his love affair with Martha Lacombe, a young woman whose soldier husband is away at the front. With an accuracy of insight that is almost ruthless, he describes his conflicting emotions--the pride of an adolescent on the verge of manhood and the pain of a child thrust too fast into maturity.The liaison soon becomes a scandal, and their friends, horrified and incredulous, refuse to accept what is happening--even when the affair reaches its tragic climax.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Devil in the Flesh, one of the finest, most delicate love stories ever written, is set in Paris during the last year of the First World War. The narrator, a boy of sixteen, tells of his love affair with Martha Lacombe, a young woman whose soldier husband is away at the Front. The liaison soon becomes a scandal and their friends, horrified and incredulous, refuse to accept what is happening - even when the affair reaches its tragic climax. In the film Le Diable au Corps (with Gerard Philipe and Micheline Presle), Claude Autant-Lara recreated this story of the First World War with nostalgic tenderness. His sensitive dramatization treats the affair with such delicacy that many critics consider the love scenes to be among the most beautiful ever photographed. The film won the Grand Prix and the International Critics Prize.

Revue de presse

The Devil in the Flesh is so assured that one wonders how [Radiguet] would have written in maturity.' --The Guardian

'...a triumph of the poetic intelligence: a masterpiece...' --New Staetesman

He belonged to the solemn race of men whose lives unfold too quickly to their close. --Jean Cocteau

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0714534021
• ISBN 13: 9780714534022
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible