by William Boyd · Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782021408096
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«L'amour est aveugle» is the historical and romantic novel by William Boyd, published by Seuil in paperback (482 pages, in French).
In 1894, Brodie Moncur, a Scottish piano tuner with perfect pitch, leaves Edinburgh to work in Paris. He meets pianist John Kilbarron and Russian soprano Lika Blum, with whom he falls in love. Their clandestine affair, discovered by Kilbarron's brother, forces him to flee across Europe to the Andaman Islands.
This French edition, translated by Isabelle Perrin, is part of the Cadre vert collection; the original novel, 'Love is Blind', was published in 2018.
Will appeal to those seeking love and music stories set in late 19th-century Europe.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
