by Michel Faber · Tapa dura · ISBN 9782744188817
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«La rose pourpre et le lys» is the historical novel by Michel Faber, published by Éd. France loisirs in hardback (1254 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Victorian England and offers a look at the social contrasts of the era, with a plot that blends romance and emotional intensity. Faber builds an extensive narrative in which several lives cross paths in nineteenth-century London.
Original in English: The Crimson Petal and the White. French translation by Guillemette de Saint-Aubin. Nominated for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (2003) and winner of the Giuseppe Acerbi Prize (2010).
For readers of historical and romantic fiction seeking an extensive narrative set in the nineteenth century.
Michel Faber is a Dutch-born writer of English-language fiction, including his 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White, and Under the Skin (2000) which was adapted for film by Jonathan Glazer, starring Scarlett Johansson. His novel for young adults, D: A Tale of Two Worlds, was published in 2020. His book, Listen: On Music, Sound and Us, a non-fiction work about music, came out in October 2023.
