Love and Empire - Hardcover
Gabriel tells his own story, from his conception in a bookshop in 1883, to his old age in the mid 1950s. The plot centres on his love for two sisters - Clara, a pansexual who finds sex in everything and Ann, who will only find time to make love standing up. This novel won the Prix Goncourt.
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Erik Orsenna is the pen name of Erik Arnoult, a former French Diplomat and economist who is the author of three earlier novels. Love and Empire is the first of his books to be published in English. Love and Empire won the 1998 French Priz Goncourt.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0224032631
- ISBN 13 9780224032636
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages487
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