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A french novel

Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frederic Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in the cells. In his most autobiographical book to date, the author of the award-winning 'Windows on the World' recounts his stay in police custody, when in January 2008 he was arrested for snorting cocaine outside a Paris nightclub. As he lies in his cell, he revisits his childhood, from the carefree days when his grandfather taught him to skim pebbles at the beach in CEnitz, to his parents' divorce; the conflicting influences of his hedonistic father and his studious, seemingly conventional brother. And then Beigbeder recalls his first, unrequited loves. This patchwork of memories is as much a portrait of the era as it is the story of a fragile, self-critical man who has finally dropped the mask. Witty, sharp, with a pitiless, self-deprecating irony, and yet tender and true, 'A French Novel' is a gem. Beigbeder's search for answers in the lost country of his childhood will speak to a whole generation searching for its soul.

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  • "Autofiction inspirée à l'auteur par les deux jours de garde à vue qu'il a passé pour consommation de coke alors que son frère aîné s'apprêtait à recevoir la Légion d'honneur. Entre souvenirs d'enfance et interrogatoires policiers, le portrait, aussi virtuose qu'égocentrique, d'un parcours bourgeois à travers le siècle: "c'est l'histoire d'un grand frère qui a tout fait pour ne pas ressembler à ses parents, et d'un cadet qui a tout fait pour ne pas ressembler à son grand frère" (quatrième de couverture). [SDM]."
  • "Autobiographical novel about the author's childhood in the southwestern region of Béarn."
  • "Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frederic Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in the cells. In his most autobiographical book to date, the author of the award-winning 'Windows on the World' recounts his stay in police custody, when in January 2008 he was arrested for snorting cocaine outside a Paris nightclub. As he lies in his cell, he revisits his childhood, from the carefree days when his grandfather taught him to skim pebbles at the beach in CEnitz, to his parents' divorce; the conflicting influences of his hedonistic father and his studious, seemingly conventional brother. And then Beigbeder recalls his first, unrequited loves. This patchwork of memories is as much a portrait of the era as it is the story of a fragile, self-critical man who has finally dropped the mask. Witty, sharp, with a pitiless, self-deprecating irony, and yet tender and true, 'A French Novel' is a gem. Beigbeder's search for answers in the lost country of his childhood will speak to a whole generation searching for its soul."@en
  • "Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frederic Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in police custody. Confined to a cell, Frederic Beigbeder's seeks escape in his childhood memories, only to discover he can recall just one. From this, he reconstructs both his past and that of his family; the glamour of Sixties Paris and his father's playboy life in New York, so distinct from the experiences of his soldier grandfather, whose lifespan Frederic has now exceeded. His arrest all over the tabloids, Frederic wonders if the time has come to grow up. 'A French Novel' is a belated coming-of-age tale, profoundly tender and charmingly ironic."
  • "Une garde à vue de l'auteur le mène à se poser des questions sur son identité, sa famille, son enfance. Roman autobiographique. Prix Renaudot 2009."
  • "C'est l'histoire d'un grand frère qui a tout fait pour ne pas ressembler à ses parents, et d'un cadet qui a tout fait pour ne pas ressembler à son grand frère. C'est l'histoire d'un garçon mélancolique parce qu'il a grandi dans un pays suicidé, élevé par des parents déprimés par l'échec de leur mariage. C'est l'histoire d'un pays qui a réussi à perdre deux guerres en faisant croire qu'il les avait gagnées. C'est l'histoire d'une humanité nouvelle, ou comment des catholiques monarchistes sont devenus des capitalistes mondialisé Telle est la vie que j'ai vécue : un roman français. F. B. Ce livre a reçu le Prix Renaudot. Il recéle des pages splendides. Ce qu'il a perdu en agressivité, il l'a gagné en sophistication. En lyrisme, même. son humour est intact. L'Express. Un roman français est sans aucun doute le meilleur roman de Frédéric Beigbeder, le plus sincère, le plus touchant. Les Échos. - Editeur."

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  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Autobiographical fiction"
  • "Powieść francuska"@pl
  • "Powieść francuska"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "A french novel"@en
  • "Ein französischer Roman : Roman"
  • "Ein französischer Roman"
  • "Frant︠s︡uzskiĭ roman"
  • "Edin frenski roman"
  • "Một tiểu thuyết phap"
  • "Francuski roman"
  • "Francoski roman : roman"@sl
  • "A French Novel"
  • "Una Novel·la francesa"@ca
  • "Ein französischer Roman Roman"
  • "Un roman français"
  • "Un roman français : roman"
  • "Una Novela francesa"
  • "Una novela francesa"
  • "A French novel"
  • "A French novel"@en
  • "Una novela francesa"@es
  • "Французский роман : [роман]"
  • "Francuska powieść"@pl
  • "Un roman français roman"

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