Your Father's Room
 2005 Folio edition | |
| Author | Michel Déon |
|---|---|
| Original title | La chambre de ton père |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 5 February 2004 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1 June 2017 |
| Pages | 144 |
Your Father's Room (French: La chambre de ton père, pronounced [la ʃɑ̃bʁ də tɔ̃ pɛʁ]) is a 2004 novel by the French writer Michel Déon. It is set in Paris and Monaco in the 1920s and follows a young boy, Édouard, called Teddy. The book is a fictionalised autobiography based on Déon's childhood.[1]
Publication
[edit]The book was published in France on 5 February 2004 through éditions Gallimard.[2] An English translation is set to be published through Gallic Books on 1 June 2017 in the United Kingdom and 13 June 2017 in the United States.[3]
Reception
[edit]Yasmina Reza of Le Figaro called the book "one of the most beautiful stories about grief that you can read".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Marlowe, Lara (2010). The Things I've Seen. Liberties Press. ISBN 978-1-909718-09-8.
- ^ "La chambre de ton père" (in French). Éditions Gallimard. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ "Your Father's Room". Belgravia Books. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
- ^ Reza, Yasmina (2007-10-15). "Le sourire douloureux proche du rire". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2016-09-24.
l'un des plus beaux récits de chagrin qu'on puisse lire
External links
[edit]- French publicity page (in French)
- British publicity page
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