by Jean Baptiste Del Amo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070119844
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«Une éducation libertine» is the historical bildungsroman by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, published by Gallimard in paperback (448 pages, in French).
Set in 1760s Paris, it follows young Gaspard, who leaves his native Quimper to seek his fortune in the capital. Between the Seine docks, aristocratic salons, the underworld and brothels, his rise and fall trace a coming-of-age novel about desire, ambition and dependence on pleasure.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt du premier roman in 2009 and Jean-Baptiste Del Amo's first novel; published in Gallimard's nrf collection.
For readers of historical and coming-of-age fiction seeking contemporary French narrative with a direct look at the social margins of the eighteenth century.
Jean-Baptiste Garcia, known by the pen name Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, is a French writer. He was born in Toulouse.
