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In the Absence of Men
2001 novel by Philippe Besson
Author | Philippe Besson |
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Translator | Frank Wynne |
Language | French |
Genre | Novel |
Published | 2001 |
Publisher | Éditions Julliard, Carroll & Graf |
Publication date | 2001 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | 2003 |
Pages | 198 |
Award | Prix Emmanuel-Roblès |
ISBN | 978-0-7867-1161-1 |
In the Absence of Men is a novel by Philippe Besson published originally in French by Éditions Julliard in 2001.
Besson's first novel, it won the prix Emmanuel-Roblès.
Background
The first novel by Besson, he had to send the manuscript to seven or eight publishers eventually settling on the publisher Julliard.[1] An English translation was published in 2003.
Plot
The novel is divided into two parts. In part one, during the summer of 1916, a French teenager named Vincent de l'Etoile experiences an intense love with a soldier named Arthur Vales who is on leave from the French f