by Charles Juliet · Editions 84 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290128664
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«L’année de l’éveil» is Charles Juliet's autobiographical novel, published by Editions 84 in paperback (249 pages, in French).
A young shepherd enters the military school of Aix-en-Provence to escape an uncertain future. There he suffers the harshness of the barracks, loneliness and the sadism of his superiors, but finds solace in friendship with his section leader and in love, which launches him into the adult world. An autobiographical account of adolescence, identity and overcoming.
The work received the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle in 1989 and was adapted into film that same year by Gérard Corbiau.
It is aimed at readers of French autobiographical narrative and coming-of-age novels.
Charles Juliet was a French poet, playwright and novelist. He won the 2013 Prix Goncourt de la Poésie.
