The Garden of Delights (Belgian Francophone Library) [Hardcover]

Dominique Rolin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0820438197 | ISBN-13: 978-0820438191 | Publication Date: August 1, 1998

The Garden of Delights is a novel unconventionally structured by alternating first-person narration chapters. One voice is that of a young Belgian girl, revealing in chapters titled Far, her family life and nascent interest in becoming a novelist. The other voice is that of an eighty-year-old novelist, depicting in chapters titled Here her serene and happy life with a much younger writer named Jim. She is also the kind stranger the young Belgian girl meets one day in Paris. These two seemingly contradictory women will eventually cut through space and time and become reunited in body and soul.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Garden of Delights by Dominique Rolin is a beautifully nuanced and compelling novel by a Belgian-born novelist who deserves a wide English-speaking audience. Monique F. Nagem's translation from the French reads with a lyric naturalness that richly evokes the alternating narrative voices. This is a remarkable novel, fully realized in its new language." -- Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer-prize winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Hardcover: 145 pages
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820438197
• ISBN-13: 978-0820438191
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,244,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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