Ebook {Epub PDF} In the Absence of Men by Philippe Besson

Review. " In the Absence of Men is a short, bold and original novel which beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth. It is particularly notable for a totally convincing portrait of Proust." — Independent. "An astonishing love story, beautifully told." — Time Out/5(79).  · In the Absence of Men: A Novel Hardcover – March 1, by Philippe Besson (Author) › Visit Amazon's Philippe Besson Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. Philippe Besson (Author), Frank Wynne (Author) › /5(92). Praise for In the Absence of Men. ‘Besson’s portrait of Proust is a dextrous one an astonishing love story, beautifully told.”. ‘A short, bold, original novel which beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth. It is particularly notable for a totally convincing portrait of Proust ’.

In the Absence of Men is a short, bold and original novel which beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth. It is particularly notable for a totally convincing portrait of Proust, "Besson is brave to include Proust but his courage pays off: this is a beautiful, dreamily experimental novel unafraid of describing either joy or pain.". All of these men will suffer, and Vincent will lose the last vestiges of his childhood innocence. In the Absence of Men is a stunning first novel to discover this pride season: in its daring in representation and celebration of gay sexuality, in the beauty of its prose and in its delicacy of feeling. Philippe Besson is the author of two novels, En L'Absence des hommes and Mon Fr-re. He was born in in Charente and now lives in Paris Read more. Start reading In the Absence of Men on your Kindle in under a minute. Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle.

In the Absence of Men: A Novel Hardcover – March 1, by Philippe Besson (Author) › Visit Amazon's Philippe Besson Page. Find all the books, read about the. Review. " In the Absence of Men is a short, bold and original novel which beautifully captures the romance and amorality of gilded youth. It is particularly notable for a totally convincing portrait of Proust." — Independent. "An astonishing love story, beautifully told." — Time Out. "In the Absence of Men" is the latest of Philippe Besson's gay tales to be translated into English. Vincent is an upper-class Frenchman coming of age during World War I. One summer, while Paris is empty of men, who have all gone off to war, Vincent happens to meet and strike up a friendship with a renowned author, Marcel.