The Devil in the Flesh [Paperback] Radiguet, Raymond; Sheridan, Alan and Smith, A. M. Sheridan

Radiguet, Raymond

ISBN 10: 0714534021 / ISBN 13: 9780714534022

Edité par Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2005

Pages are clean with no markings. N° de réf. du vendeur JERI-0486-04-02-2024

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.

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.

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Titre : The Devil in the Flesh [Paperback] Radiguet,...
Éditeur : Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition : 2005
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Very Good