And Their Children After Them: A Novel
1990年代のフランス東部を舞台に、四つの夏のあいだに若者たちが経験する恋、退屈、怒り、変化を描く。産業の衰退にゆれる土地と青春の切実さを重ねた長編小説。
作品情報
地方の停滞と青春の熱を重ね、ひとつの時代の空気を立ち上げる。
『Leurs enfants après eux』は、ロレーヌ地方の町で育つ若者たちの 4 つの夏を通して、初恋や友情、停滞への苛立ちがどのように大人への移行を形づくるかを描く。時代の空気を細部まで取り込みながら、衰退する地域で生きる感覚を濃く伝える。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Other Press
- 発売日
- 2020-04-07
- ページ数
- 432ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 15.24 x 2.74 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781892746771
- ISBN-10
- 1892746778
- 価格
- 3106 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Coming of Age
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (UK) and the Los Angeles Public Library Winner of the 2018 Goncourt Prize, this poignant coming-of-age tale captures the distinct feeling of summer in a region left behind by global progress. August 1992. One afternoon during a heatwave in a desolate valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to explore the famous nude beach across the water. The trip ultimately takes Anthony to his first love and a summer that will determine everything that happens afterward. Nicolas Mathieu conjures up a valley, an era, and the political journey of a young generation that has to forge its own path in a dying world. Four summers and four defining moments, from “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to the 1998 World Cup, encapsulate the hectic lives of the inhabitants of a France far removed from the centers of globalization, torn between decency and rage.
Nicolas Mathieu was born in Épinal, France, in 1978. His first novel, Aux animaux la guerre , was published in 2014 and adapted for television by Alain Tasma in 2018. He received the Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary award, in 2018 for his second novel, And Their Children After Them . He lives in Nancy. William Rodarmor has translated some forty-five books and screenplays in genres ranging from literary fiction to espionage and fantasy. His translations for Other Press include Article 353 , by Tanguy Viel; The Blumkin Project, by Christian Salmon; The State of Israel vs. the Jews , by Sylvain Cypel; and And Their Children After Them , by Nicolas Mathieu, which won the 2021 Albertine translation prize.
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Came as described great condition
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I stayed with this book and saw it through to the end even though I didn't love it as I had expected to based on some reviews. I just didn't love or even care much about any of the characters. I know the author was depicting a small town where many fall into patterns of behavior and few break free and follow their dreams in a new location, still I waded through pages hoping to become more engaged and never was. Was it the fault of the translation? Perhaps, but I'll never really know.
関連する文学賞
- ゴンクール賞 第116回（2018年） ・Winner