Le pas si lent de l'amour

Synopsis of Le pas si lent de l'amour

«Le pas si lent de l'amour» is the novel by Héctor Bianciotti, published by Grasset in paperback (331 pages, in French).

The narrator leaves Buenos Aires in 1955, convinced that his destiny lies in Europe. The story moves from Naples to Rome, from Franco's Spain to Paris, and ends with the slow passage from his childhood language to his adopted one: an autofiction with a moralising tone and a picaresque air.

First paperback edition, published in Paris in 1995; the imprint reads B, Grasset and the text is presented entirely in French.

For readers of autofiction, travel literature and exile narratives, particularly those seeking an intimate approach to the experience of changing language.