In the absence of men
Original title: En l'absence des hommes
earliest edition we have, 2001 Carroll & Graf, 2003 166 pages
Pocket (Editions Julliard) -- 11522
'I am sixteen. I am as old as the century'It is 1916. Vincent is sixteen, on the brink of manhood. Vincent is aristocratic and privileged, frequenting the salons of Paris while France is at war and the city almost deserted of men. In that brutal summer, Vincent's beauty and precocity captivate two men: Marcel, some thirty years his senior, a writer and celebrated socialite; and Arthur, the twenty-one year old son of...
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