Belle du Seigneur by Albert Cohen

Belle du Seigneur by Albert Cohen

Set in Geneva in the 1930s, Albert Cohen's endlessly inventive satire of middle-class manners and ambition revolves around Solal, a man of remarkable gifts and disappointed ideals. As Under-Secretary-General of the League of Nations, he has become disillusioned with a world dominated by personal and national interest. His one hope for redemption is through love, and he embarks on the seduction of the beautiful Ariane, wife of the dull-witted Adrien Deume, who works for Solal.

ALBERT COHEN was born in Greece in 1895. His novel-cycle began with Solal (1930) and Mangeclous (1938), and ended with Belle du Seigneur (1968) and Les Valeureux (1969). He died in 1981. DAVID COWARD is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds, England. He has written widely on the literature of France since 1700, and is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement. He won a Scott-Moncrieff prize for his edition of Belle du Seigneur.

SKU	GOR001808795
ISBN 13	9780140188714
ISBN 10	0140188711
Title	Belle du Seigneur
Author	Albert Cohen
Series	Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S
Condition	Very Good
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1997-10-30
Number of pages	992
Prizes	Winner of The Scott Moncrieff Prize 1996
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