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Zusatztext 'Wonderful, immersive. He deserves to have a wider English audience' Historical Novel Society Magazine 'Artfully told... readers, propelled by Julian Evans silky-smooth translation, will find the ride in Déon's balloon exhilarating' TLS 'Wryly funny prose ... a delight' Independent on Sunday ' Your Father's Room is a bittersweet masterpiece of confusion and heartache, nuance and atmosphere (...)Nostalgic and disturbingly familiar, Michel Déon's remembrance of things past is well worth reading.' BookBlast Praise for Michel Déon 'It is shamefully parochial of us that this eminent writer has been so ignored' Sunday Times 'A big-hearted coming-of-age shaggy-dog story ... leaves you feeling better about life' The Spectator Informationen zum Autor Michel Déon published over fifty works. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, Les Poneys Sauvages ( The Wild Ponies ). His 1973 novel, Un Taxi Mauve, garnered him international renown when it received the esteemed title of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. His novels have been translated into numerous languages. He was considered one of the most innovative French writers of the 21st century. A member of the Académie française, Déon was one of just forty members who are elected by their peers to serve for life. Déon died in 2016. Julian Evans grew up in Australia and London in the 1960s. He is a writer and translator. He has written and presented radio and television documentaries and writes for English and French newspapers and magazines including The Guardian , Prospect, Times Literary Supplement and L’Atelier du Roman . He is a recipient of the Prix du Rayonnement de la Langue Française from the Académie Française. He currently lives in London with his wife and their two children. Klappentext A fictionalised memoir of boyhood and how early experiences affect us, set in the interwar period in Paris and Monte Carlo. From the French author of the "Foundling" novels, who died in 2016. 'Our lives would be all the richer if we read a Michel Deon novel' William Boyd Vorwort Advance reading copies available to reviewers and stores. Media mailing of advance reading copies to a wide range of book reviewers at national and local media, including trade journals, newspapers, magazines, websites, zones, literary blogs, and Francophile magazines, newspapers and French-American foundations and organizations. Social media campaign - online giveaways, competition and e-mail campaign Promotion through: www.gallicbooks.com Twitter and Facebook promotion to include contests and giveaway. Co-op available Zusammenfassung A vivid recreation of the interwar period, this fictionalised memoir is a touching and very true depiction of boyhood and how our early experiences affect us....
