by Jean Teulé · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266157308
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«Ô Verlaine !» is the historical novel by Jean Teulé published in paperback by Pocket (352 pages, in French).
Henri-Albert Cornuty leaves the family farm in Béziers and walks the road to Paris to meet Paul Verlaine, his poetic idol. The novel portrays Verlaine's final decline through this young man's eyes: the alcoholism, the disorderly life, and the sudden admiration he aroused among the youth of the Latin Quarter.
Best edition from Pocket published on February 2, 2006; the work had originally appeared in 2004.
For readers of historical fiction and French literature, and for those interested in Paul Verlaine and nineteenth-century Paris.
Jean Teulé was a French novelist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was the partner of actress Miou-Miou.
