And their children after them
"Winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt, this poignant coming-of-age tale captures the distinct feeling of summer in a region left behind by global progress. August 1992. One afternoon during a heatwave in a lost valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, fourteen-ye...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English French |
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New York :
Other Press (NY),
2020.
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| Summary: | "Winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt, this poignant coming-of-age tale captures the distinct feeling of summer in a region left behind by global progress. August 1992. One afternoon during a heatwave in a lost valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to find out what it's like on the other side at the famous nudist beach. The trip ultimately takes Anthony to his first love and a first summer that will determine everything that happens afterwards. Nicolas Mathieu conjures up a valley, an era, adolescence, and the political journey of a young generation that has to forge its own path in a dying world. Four summers and four defining moments, from "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to the 1998 World Cup, which encapsulate the hectic lives of the inhabitants of that intermediate France of medium-sized cities and their quiet residential estates, astride the countryside and the concrete expanses of the outer suburbs. And Their Children After Them is the portrait of a France far removed from the centers of globalization, alternating between decency and rage. A France where almost everybody lives, and which many people would like to forget" |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in French as Leurs enfants aprés eux in 2018 by Actes Sud, Arles France"--Copyright page. |
| Physical Description: | 420 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781892746771 1892746778 |
| Author Notes: | William Rodarmor has translated some forty-five books and screenplays in genres ranging from literary fiction to espionage and fantasy. His translations for Other Press include Article 353 , by Tanguy Viel; The Blumkin Project, by Christian Salmon; The State of Israel vs. the Jews , by Sylvain Cypel; and And Their Children After Them , by Nicolas Mathieu, which won the 2021 Albertine translation prize. |
