Les Enfants Terribles

Informationen zum Autor Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) - poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, musician, choreographer, film-maker, and actor - was one of the most talented Frenchmen of the twentieth century and a leading figure in the Surrealist movement. In addition to his popular novel Les Enfants terribles (1929), he is best remembered in the English-speaking world for the film of Orph-e (1950) and perhaps his play La Machine infernale (1934). Klappentext At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. All that they do outside is effectively controlled by the rules of the Game: unfortunately the rules of the Game prescribe that the two children must die... Zusammenfassung At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. All that they do outside is effectively controlled by the rules of the Game: unfortunately the rules of the Game prescribe that the two children must die...

Product details

• Authors: Jean Cocteau, COCTEAU JEAN
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9780099561378
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956137-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; France, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, Fiction in translation, Family life fiction