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OverviewIn a state of permanent tension and relieved moral paralysis, Jean-Marie Thely, an anguished bystander confined to the margins of polite society, has based the whole of his existence upon the idea that he is unlike others. He derives his singularity from his origins as an illegitimate child; bounced from one condescendingly charitable household to another only to be rejected by the bourgeois families that raised him. Restricted to an ordinary education, barred from an officer's career, he is unable to do what he wants and eventually becomes trapped in a life of utter indecision. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emmanuel Bove , Dominic Di BernardiPublisher: Northwestern University Press Imprint: Northwestern University Press Edition: Reprinted Edition Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.280kg ISBN: 9780810160026ISBN 10: 0810160021 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 15 October 1995 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsTouching and elegant. --New York Times Book Review One of the best novelists to emerge in France during the interwar years. . . . a unique, powerful, and insightful stylist. --Review of Contemporary Fiction In Thely, Bove has created a character who strives to be one with the world, but finds it impossible to do, remaining forever in his own thoughts, but forever outside the rest of humanity; this can only be called the human condition. --Choice In Thely, Bove has created a character who strives to be one with the world, but finds it impossible to do, remaining forever in his own thoughts, but forever outside the rest of humanity; this can only be called the human condition. --Choice One of the best novelists to emerge in France during the interwar years. . . . a unique, powerful, and insightful stylist. --Review of Contemporary Fiction Touching and elegant. --New York Times Book Review Author InformationEmmanuel Bove (1898-1945) was a French journalist and novelist. He had been publishing popular novels under the pseudonym Jean Vallois for several years when Colette helped him publish the novel My Friends under his own name. He continued publishing successful novels until World War II, at which time he was forced into exile in Algeria. He died of heart failure soon after returning to Paris from exile. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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