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I Was Behind You
Author(s): Nicolas Fargues (Author), Sue Rose (Translator)
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- Publication Date: 31 Jan. 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 184 pages
- ISBN-10: 1906548056
- ISBN-13: 9781906548056
Book Description
Here is a story of self-discovery, of entering adulthood and of freeing oneself. The tone is sarcastic, lucid, cruel yet realistic. On a background of R&B and funky electronic music, Nicolas argues gives us an impressive and subtle account of relations between the sexes and of examining the choices one has made in the past.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A man, two women, talent, and a magnificient love story. –Le Figaro
This magnificient novel is alot more than a novel. –PHILIPPE SOLLERS Le Nouvel Observateur
Should the ladies wish to know what thoughts run through the mind of a contemporary man, they need only open this little guide of uncertainty and furtive delights. Madame Figaro — This self-examination has finesse, relevance and courage in abundance. FREDERIC BEIGBEDER Technikart — With I was behind you Nicolas Fargues has delivered a novel of great maturity. And this is due as much to his mastery of writing as to the treatment of his subject. –Le Monde
About the Author
Nicolas Fargues was born in 1972. He spent his childhood in Cameroon, Lebanon and Corsica, and studied at the Sorbonne, where he completed a thesis on the Egyptian writer Georges Henein. He directed the Alliance Française of Diego-Suarez in Madagascar for two years before returning to France. He now lives and works in Paris.
