Your Father's Room

Michel Déon, Julian Evans

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Gallic
13 June 2017

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A fascinating personal account of the interwar years in Europe and an exploration of family relationships from a 96-year-old French author who has written more than 50 books. The Foundling Boy, the first of Déon's novels to have been published by Gallic, received major review coverage including in the New York Times, who said 'The Foundling Boy may win new readers for books translated from French' Michel Déon is one of the most highly regarded French authors of the 20th Century, a member of the Academie francaise and past winner of many prizes including the Prix Interallié. Déon has a longstanding connection with the USA, having received a Rockefeller Foundation grant in the 1950s that supported his travels through the United States. While there, Déon worked alongside William Faulkner and Saul Bellow.

By: Michel Déon
Translated by: Julian Evans
Imprint: Gallic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 177mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781910477342
ISBN 10: 1910477346
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 13 June 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michel Deon is a member of the Academie francaise. Born in Paris in 1919, he is the author of more than fifty works of fiction and non-fiction. He lives in Ireland.

Reviews for Your Father's Room

'Wryly funny prose ... a delight' Independent on Sunday; 'It is shamefully parochial of us that this eminent writer has been so ignored' Sunday Times; 'A big-hearted coming-of-age shaggy-dog story ... leaves you feeling better about life' The Spectator; 'Deserves a place alongside Flaubert's Sentimental Education and Le Grand Meaulnes' New Statesman