The Foreign Student

Labro, Philippe

ISBN 10: 0345346963 / ISBN 13: 9780345346964

Editore: Ballantine Books, 1988

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0345346963I5N00

Riassunto:

A #1 bestseller in France, this is a nostalgic portrait of a French scholarship student’s discovery of America during the academic year of 1954–1955.
 
I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be American, like any ordinary student, because I figured that was my only chance to survive the immense loneliness looming ahead of me. I was elated to be there, in that remote Virginia alley, on that college campus. I was elated because back there, far away in France, my brothers would never experience this. And the school friends I left behind—they too were missing out on this tremendous adventure.
 
Soon the young freshman becomes seduced by American culture and the popular icons of the mid-fifties: Jack Kerouac, Elvis Presley, James Dean, Fats Domino . . . a green Buick convertible, drive-in movies, and pretty Grace Kelly lookalikes in tight cardigans.

Praise for The Foreign Student
 
“One of those books that is beyond criticism . . . a vivid portrait of life, American style.”—L’Express
 
“A love affair with America . . . told with precision, clarity, and warmth.”—France-Soir
 
“A Sentimental Education of the American South.”—Lu
 
“A grand risk, successfully realized . . . F. Scott Fitzgerald, French style. A splendid novel about a fragile, fugitive era.”—Magazine Litteraire
 
“The freshness of a first novel combined with nuanced reporting.”—Le Monde

Product Description: Book by Labro Philippe

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Titolo: The Foreign Student
Casa editrice: Ballantine Books
Data di pubblicazione: 1988
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fair
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket