Belle Du Seigneur - Hardcover

Cohen, Albert; Coward, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067082187X ISBN 13: 9780670821877

Publisher: Viking, 1995

Synopsis

Published in 1968, this hilarious mock-epic concerning the mental world of the cuckold has since established itself beyond all doubt as a major novel of the 20th century. Disillusioned by his work as Under-Secretary General of the League of Nations, Solal, a Mediterranean Jew with great gifts and crippling idealism, searches for the Absolute in a "chemically pure" love affair.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Synopsis:

Set largely in Geneva in the mid 1930's, this novel is a commentary on middle-class manners. At its centre is Solal, an idealistic, unsuccessful Jewish man who turns his back on the world. His affair with Ariane Deume proves to be his greatest disappointment which leads him to his fate.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 067082187X
• ISBN 13: 9780670821877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 992