by Jean Cocteau · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788742977545
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«Les enfants terribles» is the novel by Jean Cocteau, published in paperback by Grafisk Forlag (1975, 94 pages, in French).
The novel follows Elisabeth and Paul, brother and sister, who turn their bedroom into a stage for ritual games and daydreams, building a closed universe where reality and fantasy mix. Their ambivalent relationship, made of admiration and rivalry, makes them accomplices and victims of the same fate.
It belongs to the Easy Readers series: an edition with vocabulary in footnotes, labelled illustrations by Elisabeth Anrep and questions at the end of each chapter.
Recommended for students of French who want to approach a classic of French literature with educational support.
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and highly influential on the Surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer suggested that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man".
