| Sebastien Roch Contributor(s): Mirbeau, Octave (Author) |
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ISBN: 1873982437 ISBN-13: 9781873982433 Publisher: Dedalus OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 Annotation: Sebastien Roch is a brilliantly drawn portrait of a boy's psychological, sexual and political coming of age in provincial France against the background of the Belle Epoque. We follow Sebastien as he enters a jesuit college as a natural, unspoiled innocent child and develops into a corrupt, disillusioned, tortured adolescent until his senseless death at the age of 21 on the battlefield. It is a powerful finale to Mirbeau's trilogy of "angry young man" novels. The harrowing story of the perversion of innocence is offset by Mirbeau's lyrical descriptions, capturing in words the serene impressionism of Monet and the violent pornographic excesses of Feliciens Rops. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Dedalus European Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.05" W x 7.82" (0.57 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a classic portrait of a boy''s psychological, sexual and political coming of age in provincial France, set against the background of the Belle Epoque' |