The Incorrigible Optimists Club by Euan Cameron (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Incorrigible Optimists Club by Euan Cameron, Jean-Michel Guenassia Set in the backstreets of Paris during the tumultuous sixties, The Incorrigible Optimists Club is a huge, exhilarating whirlwind of first love, radical art, colonial war, progressive politics, Chuck Berry and chain-smoking intellectuals. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Paris, 1959. As dusk settles over the immigrant quarter, 12-year-old Michel Marini - amateur photographer and compulsive reader - is drawn to the hum of the local bistro. From his usual position at the football table, he has a vantage point on a grown-up world - of rock n roll and of the Algerian War. But as the sun sinks and the plastic players spin, Michels concentration is not on the game, but on the huddle of men gathered in the shadows of a back room.Past the bar, behind a partly drawn curtain, a group of eastern European men gather, where under a cirrus of smoke and over the squares of chess boards, they tell of their lives before France - of lovers and wives, children and ambitions, all exiled behind the Iron Curtain. Listening to this band of survivors and raconteurs, Michel is introduced to a world beyond the boundaries of his childhood experience, a world of men made formidable in the face of history, ideas and politics: the world of the Incorrigible Optimists Club. Author Biography Jean-Michel Guenassia was born in Algeria, 1950. He is a prolific screenwriter and he lives in France. Review Extraordinary... The Incorrigible Optimists Club feels as if you are witnessing the birth of a true, great novelist * Lire *A debut, a door-stopper, a masterpiece * La Parisienne *Powerful, deep, sad and joyful... A debut novel of staggering mastery * LExpress *Masterful... By turns comical, sad and genuine. It captured our hearts. * LHumanite *A magnificent generational portrait... A novel that occasionally makes you cry and often makes you laugh * Le Figaro * Promotional The European bestseller (over 650,000 copies sold), The Incorrigible Optimists Club is a truly lovable novel of growing up and of idealism and disappointment Long Description Set in the backstreets of Paris during the tumultuous sixties, The Incorrigible Optimists Club is a huge, exhilarating whirlwind of first love, radical art, colonial war, progressive politics, Chuck Berry and chain-smoking intellectuals. Paris, 1959. As dusk settles over the immigrant quarter, 12-year-old Michel Marini - amateur photographer and compulsive reader - is drawn to the hum of the local bistro. From his usual position at the football table, he has a vantage point on a grown-up world - of rock n roll and of the Algerian War. But as the sun sinks and the plastic players spin, Michels concentration is not on the game, but on the huddle of men gathered in the shadows of a back room. Past the bar, behind a partly drawn curtain, a group of eastern European men gather, where under a cirrus of smoke and over the squares of chess boards, they tell of their lives before France - of lovers and wives, children and ambitions, all exiled behind the Iron Curtain. Listening to this band of survivors and raconteurs, Michel is introduced to a world beyond the boundaries of his childhood experience, a world of men made formidable in the face of history, ideas and politics: the world of the Incorrigible Optimists Club. Review Quote "Extraordinary . . . The Incorrigible Optimists Club feels as if you are witnessing the birth of a true, great novelist." -- Lire Details ISBN1848875428 Pages 640 Publisher Atlantic Books Year 2015 ISBN-10 1848875428 ISBN-13 9781848875425 Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-05-07 Imprint Atlantic Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 843.92 Translator Euan Cameron Edition Main Media Book Position Translator Language English Edited by Roxburgh, James UK Release Date 2015-05-07 AU Release Date 2015-05-07 Author Jean-Michel Guenassia Edition Description Main Audience General NZ Release Date 2015-05-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145063007;

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