Jean-Luc Persecuted
β Scribed by Baes, Olivia;Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand
- Publisher
- Deep Vellum Publishing
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Dallas, Texas
- ISBN-13
- 9782020018715
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β¦ Synopsis
"The first-ever English translation of legendary Swiss writer C.F. Ramuz' novel Jean-Luc Persecuted follows the ill-fated life of an unhappily married man, In a small mountainous village where everybody knows everybody, Jean-Luc and his wife Christine live with their newborn son and neighbors in pastoral peace. However, Jean-Luc's life reels into manic, unstoppable chaos when he arrives home one evening and his wife is nowhere to be found. When he concludes that his wife has pursued an affair with her former lover and left him with their child, he falls toward unstoppable mental collapse, surrounded by villagers unable to effect real change"--
β¦ Subjects
Swiss fiction (French) -- 20th century
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