Fiction. Translated from the French by Elizabeth Deshays. Simon is waiting on the Normandy coast for the arrival of his lover. While awaiting her, he decides to take a tour of the landscape wherein he plans to travel with her. His beautifully described and sensuous voyage along the coast reveals his varying emotions with regard to the woman he is about to meet.
Author City: Saint-Florent-le-Vieil FRA
Born in 1910 at Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, where he lived until his death in 2007, Julien Gracq was one of France's eminent postwar writers. His oeuvre includes essays, criticism, journalism, and novels. Gracq was a majestic, retiring, and misunderstood figure in French literature. He refused the Goncourt Prize when it was awarded to him in 1951.