by Pascal Quignard · SEUIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020230698
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«L'Occupation américaine» is the novel by Pascal Quignard, published by Seuil in paperback (224 pages, in French).
In late-1950s France, in a village on the banks of the Loire, Marie-José and Patrick are two teenagers experiencing first love as American bases are set up in the area. The fascination aroused in them by the soldiers' objects, cars and songs ignites their relationship and opens up another world to them.
First edition published on 12 October 1994. The novel was adapted into a film in 1997 by Alain Corneau.
Readers of contemporary French literature, especially those looking for stories of amorous awakening and portraits of postwar Europe.
Pascal Quignard is a French writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure. In 1980 his novel Carus was awarded the Prix des Critiques. In 2002 Les Ombres errantes won the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize. Terrasse à Rome, received the French Academy prize in 2000. He also won the 2023 Prix Formentor.
