Les Enfants Terribles

Author(s): Jean Cocteau

Fiction

A tragedy about the power of the imagination and the strange, claustrophobic world of childhood. At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. Their room is where the Game is played, the Game being their own bizarre version of life. All that they do outside is effectively controlled by the rules of the Game -- but unfortunately the rules of the Game prescribe that two children must die.


Product Information

Jean Cocteau really was a renaissance man: author, poet, playwright, critic, visual artist, designer and film maker. It's intriguing to read one of his most well known and celebrated novels. Considered by critics as a modern classic, Les Enfants Terribles was first published in 1929, and tells the story of siblings Paul and Elisabeth, who isolate themselves from the world. As children, the two engage in a psychological battle of will, referred to in the book as "The Game", which continues into adulthood- with devastating results. Part coming of age melodrama, part macabre thriller, Les Enfants Terribles is utterly unique and affecting.   Nick   The Book Grocer

General Fields

  • : 9780099561378
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.11
  • : October 2023
  • : 1 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jean Cocteau
  • : Paperback
  • : 0202
  • : English
  • : 843.912
  • : 144