Lit in Translation

And Their Children After Them

Leurs enfants après eux

Nicolas Mathieu (born 1978)

Translated by William Rodarmor

English editions

In English

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In August 1992, in a forgotten valley of eastern France with dead blast furnaces and a lake shimmering in the heat, bored Anthony, fourteen, and his cousin take a canoe to see the nudist beach across the water. That summer brings his first love and shapes all that follows. Over four summers, from Nirvana to the 1998 World Cup, a generation comes of age in provincial France, wistful and sinking.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
425 pages in the original
Genres
Coming of age, Politics (assigned by AI)
Set in
France, 1992–1998
First published
2018 by Actes Sud
Author's age
40 when first published
ISBN

9782330108717 (original)

9781892746771 (Other Press, United States)

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