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And Their Children After Them

And Their Children After Them

Mathieu, Nicolas
Rodarmor, William

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ISBN10: 1892746778
ISBN13: 9781892746771
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: Apr 7 2020
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (UK) and the Los Angeles Public Library

Winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt, this poignant coming-of-age tale captures the distinct feeling of summer in a region left behind by global progress.

August 1992. One afternoon during a heatwave in a desolate valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to explore the famous nude beach across the water. The trip ultimately takes Anthony to his first love and a summer that will determine everything that happens afterward.

Nicolas Mathieu conjures up a valley, an era, and the political journey of a young generation that has to forge its own path in a dying world. Four summers and four defining moments, from Smells Like Teen Spirit to the 1998 World Cup, encapsulate the hectic lives of the inhabitants of a France far removed from the centers of globalization, torn between decency and rage.

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