The sorcerer's apprentice

François Augiéras

Original title: L'apprenti sorcier

earliest edition we have, 1995 Pushkin, 2001 106 pages

The novel is set in the Sarladais (the Dordogne region of France). An adolescent boy is sent to live with a 35-year-old priest, who becomes his teacher and spiritual mentor, and exerts a powerful control over the boy. He abuses him physically and sexually, but the boy willingly accepts his 'punishment.' The boy falls in love with a slightly younger, and very beautiful boy, meeting in secret and having sex. This dist...

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Sorcerer's Apprentice edition · 2013 · Pushkin Press, Limited · 9781306945349
The sorcerer's apprentice edition · 2001 · Pushkin · 106 pages
L'apprenti sorcier paperback · 1995 · Grasset · 130 pages · 9782246510215

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