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The Laurels of Lake Constance - Paperback

by Marie Chaix
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marie Chaix, Harry MathewsPublish date:2012-07-19Pages:253
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564787231ISBN-10:1564787230UPC:9781564787231Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.90 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCF7ZT5NHA

It is 1936, and Albert B. is one of the first French citizens to join the Fascist party. During the war, he becomes a collaborator. It's only a matter of time before he dons a German uniform himself. Taking place in the limbo between the moment of Albert's initial "fall" and his inevitable capture, following the Allied invasion of Mainau, "The Laurels of Lake Constance" is the story not only of Albert himself, but of his daughter, who must endure the paradox of loving a man whose beliefs and allegiances are nothing short of catastrophic.

Beautifully translated by novelist Harry Mathews, "The Laurels of Lake Constance" is a profoundly moving story about both war and childhood, and their intersection in one household, conjured in all its details, be they beautiful or shameful: a resigned mother playing music, a father absent, an era frozen in a tragic fresco where novelistic detail mixes with history.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564787231ISBN-10:1564787230UPC:9781564787231Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.90 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SCF7ZT5NHA
Chaix, Marie: - Marie Chaix, nee a Lyon en 1942, est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages dont "Les Lauriers du Lac de Constance" (Le Seuil, Prix des Maisons de la Presse 1974), "Juliette chemin des Cerisiers" (Le Seuil, Prix des Lectrices de "Elle" 1985) et "Le Fils de Marthe" (Calmann-Levy 1990).Mathews, Harry: - Born in New York in 1930, Harry Mathews settled in Europe in 1952 and has since then lived in Spain, Germany, Italy, and (chiefly) France. When Mathews published his first poems in 1956, he was associated with the so-called New York School of poets, with three of whom (John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and James Schuyler) he founded the review Locus Solus in 1961. Through his friendship with Georges Perec, he became a member of the Oulipo in 1972. The author of six novels and several collections of poetry, recent publications are THE NEW TOURISM (Sand Paper Press, 2010), Sainte Catherine, a novella written in French (Editions P.O.L, 2000), The Human Country: the Collected Short Stories (Dalkey Archive Press, 2002), The Case of the Persevering Maltese: Collected Essays (Dalkey Archive Press, 2003), OULIPO COMPENDIUM (co-edited with Alastair Brotchie; Atlas Press and Make Now Press, 2005), and My Life in CIA: A Chronicle of 1973 (Dalkey Archive Press, 2005).

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

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Marie Chaix, Harry Mathews

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Marie Chaix

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