In the Absence of Men: Philippe Besson (Vintage Editions)

Besson, Philippe

ISBN 10: 1784876364 / ISBN 13: 9781784876364

Published by Vintage Classics, 2020

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Absence of Men: Philippe Besson (Vintage Editions)
• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784876364
• ISBN 13: 9781784876364
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1050 grams

About this title

Synopsis

It is the summer of 1916 and, with German Zeppelins on the skyline, the men of Paris are off at war. For Vincent, the 16-year-old son of a prestigious family, the tranquility of the city sits at odds with the salons and soirees he attends. But, after an electrifying encounter with the enigmatic writer, Marcel P, draws Vincent’s desires out into the light, his ever-riskier liaisons with a young soldier begin to shape Vincent’s future.

About the Author

Philippe Besson is the author of Lie WithMe, which was the Advocate's Best Gay Novel of 2019, a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, and one of O, the Oprah Magazine's "Best LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2019." Frank Wynne won the International Dublin Literary Award jointly with Michel Houellebecq for Atomised. His translation of Frédéric Beigbeder's Windows on the World won the 2005 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and he is a two-time winner of both the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize for translation from the French and the Premio Valle Inclán for Spanish Translation.