Alain-Fournier: A Brief Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Behind the single masterpiece that captivated a generation lies the tragically short life of Henri-Alban Fournier — known to the world as Alain-Fournier — a young French writer whose brief existence was as romantic and elusive as the novel that immortalised him. David Arkell's biography chronicles the life of the man who gave French literature Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), tracing his origins in rural Berry, his passionate yet unrequited love for Yvonne de Quièvrecourt, and his untimely death on the Western Front in September 1914 at just twenty-seven years of age. Arkell's work presents a nuanced and deeply researched portrait, drawing on letters, diaries, and contemporary accounts to reconstruct the world that shaped one of France's most beloved and enigmatic literary figures. Written with scholarly precision yet an unmistakable warmth, the biography illuminates the gossamer boundary between Alain-Fournier's lived experience and the dreamlike, nostalgic world of his fiction — leaving the reader to wonder how much more this singular voice might have given to world literature had fate allowed.
Author: David Arkell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Behind the single masterpiece that captivated a generation lies the tragically short life of Henri-Alban Fournier — known to the world as Alain-Fournier — a young French writer whose brief existence was as romantic and elusive as the novel that immortalised him. David Arkell's biography chronicles the life of the man who gave French literature Le Grand Meaulnes (1913), tracing his origins in rural Berry, his passionate yet unrequited love for Yvonne de Quièvrecourt, and his untimely death on the Western Front in September 1914 at just twenty-seven years of age. Arkell's work presents a nuanced and deeply researched portrait, drawing on letters, diaries, and contemporary accounts to reconstruct the world that shaped one of France's most beloved and enigmatic literary figures. Written with scholarly precision yet an unmistakable warmth, the biography illuminates the gossamer boundary between Alain-Fournier's lived experience and the dreamlike, nostalgic world of his fiction — leaving the reader to wonder how much more this singular voice might have given to world literature had fate allowed.