Thomas the Impostor

Informationen zum Autor Jean Cocteau is regarded as one of France's greatest men of arts and letters. A multi-faceted talent and a recipient of the Légion d'honneur, he achieved distinction as a poet, playwright, and critic as well as an artist, illustrator, composer, actor, and internationally acclaimed filmmaker. He was the author of La Belle et la Bête , Les Enfants Terribles , and Opium . Gilbert Adair is the author of The Real Tadzio . Klappentext A modern classic, The Impostor is a 'hymn to the cult of youth' set against the chaos and the trenches of the First World War. Guillaume Thomas, restless and hungry for adventure learns just how much can be gained by lying. At sixteen, he is too young to fight but, borrowing a noble ancestry and a few extra years, he becomes a soldier. In this guise he meets the Princesse de Bormes and her impressionable daughter Henriette. While the princess seeks charity work and Henriette falls in love, Guillaume pursues his fantasy and dies a soldier's death.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Cocteau
• Assisted by: David Williams (Translation)
• Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2005
• EAN: 9780720612523
• ISBN: 978-0-7206-1252-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Peter Owen Modern Classics S.; Peter Owen modern classics; Peter Owen modern classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature