Meil trunka trejus metus

By Frédéric Beigbeder

Au début, tout est beau. Vous n'en revenez pas d'être aussi amoureux. Vous écrivez des livres là-dessus. Vous vous mariez, le plus vite possible - pourquoi réfléchir quand on est heureux ? La deuxième... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9986162467
• ISBN13: 9789986162469
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Tyto alba
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

File this one under lovable cads (French variety)

Beigbeder's novel is about a naughty playboy who cheats on his wife, is rejected by his mistress, and finds little solace in the (group) sex, (party) drugs, and techno music of his incredibly hip Parisian crowd. Quel dommage, baby. This barely fictionalized hero would be reason enough to toss the book with great vigour at the nearest Eurotrash electro DJ, except for one problem: Beigbeder can write. The novel's prose is a mix of the kind of aphorisms about love the French are known for, with a chatty, unapologetically modern way of narrating a story. (For the slang, you may need this: www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/French.html) And I don't know how he does it, but the aphorisms are not only clever, they also ring true. In the end, Beigbeder reveals a bit of earnestness and vulnerability, just the thing to render a hopeless cad charming. His book, too.