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A moving memorial to his mother’s life by Albert Cohen, the internationally renowned author of Belle De Seigneur.
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About the Author
Albert Cohen was born on the island of Corfu in 1895 and emigrated to France when he was five. During the 1930s he devoted himself to writing and after the fall of France spent seven years in London. After 1952 he resumed his literary activities, determined to complete his novel-cycle begun with Solal (1930) and Mangeclous (1938) and ending with Belle du Seigneur (1968) and Les Valeureux (1969). Belle du Seigneur was awarded the French Academy's Grand Prix du Roman. He died in 1981.
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Every man is alone and no one cares a rap for anyone and our sorrows are a desert island. Yet why should I not seek comfort tonight as the sounds of the street fade away, seek comfort tonight in words? Oh, poor lost creature who sits at his table seeking com- fort in words, at his table with the phone off the hook for he fears the outside, and at night with the phone off the hook he feels like a king, safe from the spiteful outside, so soon spiteful, gratuitously spiteful.
What a strange little joy, sad and limping yet sweet as a sin or a drink on the sly. What a joy even so to be writing just now, alone in my kingdom and far from the swine. Who are the swine? Do not expect me to tell you. I want no trouble with those from outside.
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- PublisherDufour Editions
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0720610249
- ISBN 13 9780720610246
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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