Belle du Seigneur
Belle du Seigneur
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Summary
Published in 1968 "Belle du Seigneur" is the longest love story in French literature. At one level it is a hiliarious mock-epic concerning the mental world of the cuckold in the affair - a minor bureaucrat in the United Nations.
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Belle du Seigneur by Albert Cohen
Set in Geneva in the 1930s, Albert Cohen's endlessly inventive satire of middle-class manners and ambition revolves around Solal, a man of remarkable gifts and disappointed ideals. As Under-Secretary-General of the League of Nations, he has become disillusioned with a world dominated by personal and national interest. His one hope for redemption is through love, and he embarks on the seduction of the beautiful Ariane, wife of the dull-witted Adrien Deume, who works for Solal.
ALBERT COHEN was born in Greece in 1895. His novel-cycle began with Solal (1930) and Mangeclous (1938), and ended with Belle du Seigneur (1968) and Les Valeureux (1969). He died in 1981. DAVID COWARD is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds, England. He has written widely on the literature of France since 1700, and is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement. He won a Scott-Moncrieff prize for his edition of Belle du Seigneur.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140188714 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140188711 |
| Title | Belle du Seigneur |
| Author | Albert Cohen |
| Series | Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 992 |
| Prizes | Winner of The Scott Moncrieff Prize 1996 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |