by Frederic Tuten · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439715887
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Immerse yourself in the fascinating novel 'Tallien' by Frederic Tuten, a work that describes the encounter between the narrator and his dying father, a radical activist whom he has not seen since childhood. Through this moving story, Tuten explores the life of Jean Lambert Tallien, a hero of the French Revolution who later became his victim. Published by Mondadori España in 1989, this hardcover edition with dust jacket will transport you to a world of revolution and redemption.
Frederic Tuten is an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He has written five novels – The Adventures of Mao on the Long March (1971), Tallien: A Brief Romance (1988), Tintin in the New World : A Romance (1993), Van Gogh's Bad Café (1997) and The Green Hour (2002) – as well as one book of inter-related short stories, Self-Portraits: Fictions (2010), and essays, many of the latter being about contemporary art. His memoir My Young Life (2019) was published by Simon & Schuster. In 2022, he published a collection of short stories, The Bar at Twilight, and On a Terrace in Tangier, a book of Tuten's drawings, each drawing accompanied by a short story. Tuten received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction and was given the Award for Distinguished Writing from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded four Pushcart Prizes and one O. Henry Prize.
