by Philippe Labro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070707614
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«L'étudiant étranger» is the novel by Philippe Labro, published by Gallimard in paperback (295 pages, in French).
A French student on a scholarship arrives at a small university in the southern United States in the 1954-1955 academic year and recalls his year of discovery: the music of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino, the movies of James Dean, convertibles, drive-in theaters and girls who imitate Grace Kelly, while trying to fit into a culture that seduces him.
The novel was awarded the Prix Interallié in 1986.
For readers interested in cultural clash and in the portrait of 1950s America.
Philippe Labro was a French author, journalist and film director. He worked for RTL, Paris Match, TF1, and Antenne 2. He received the Prix Interallié for his autobiography L'Étudiant étranger in 1986.
