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28 de jun. de 2001 · One summer, while Paris is empty of men, who have all gone off to war, Vincent happens to meet and strike up a friendship with a renowned author, Marcel. Marcel, a middle-aged homosexual, helps Vincent as he processes his first time being in love with another man, a soldier he has known since childhood who is on leave from the Front.
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] .
In the Absence of Men is a stunning first novel to discover this pride season: in its daring in representation and celebration of gay sexuality, in the beauty of its prose and in its delicacy of feeling.
With almost every able-bodied young man away at the front, Vincent is approaching manhood very much 'in the absence of men'...In his relationship with the soldier son of one of his parent's servants, who subsequently dies on the batlefront, he explores his sexuality; his platonic relationship with the middle-aged Jewish writer, Marcel Proust ...
1 de abr. de 2003 · FICTION. IN THE ABSENCE OF MEN. by Philippe Besson & translated by Frank Wynne ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2003. bookshelf. shop now.
31 de jul. de 2011 · In the Absence of Men Kindle Edition. by Philippe Besson (Author), Frank Wynne (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.4 398 ratings. See all formats and editions. 'An astonishing love story, beautifully told' Time Out. 'I am sixteen. I am as old as the century' It is 1916. Vincent is sixteen, on the brink of manhood.
31 de jul. de 2011 · In the Absence of Men is a stunning first novel to discover this pride season: in its daring in representation and celebration of gay sexuality, in the beauty of its prose and in its...
