Un beau ténébreux by Julien Gracq

Un beau ténébreux

Julien Gracq

257 pages first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics dark slow-paced
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Un beau ténébreux by Julien Gracq is a haunting and captivating novel that will captivate readers who appreciate atmospheric and introspective storytelling, particularly those drawn to themes of mortality, the human condition, and the fleeting nature of life, set against the backdrop of a bygone era.

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Two lovers arrive at a seaside hotel in 1920's Brittany. The other guests soon become obsessed with the man, the equivocal unsettling Allan. One by one they realise who he is-that Death has come to spend the summer with them. Amid the ceaseless th...

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