by Hubert Monteilhet · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253136392
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«Requiem pour une noce» is the novel by Hubert Monteilhet, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (248 pages, in French).
Set in Paris in 1895, it follows a professor at the Catholic Institute who, after being given up by doctors, decides to find a husband for his young wife to keep her from falling into the temptations of the world. His plan triggers a cascade of misunderstandings and comic situations that combine humor with criticism of the morality and religion of the era.
Hubert Monteilhet was a French writer of crime and historical fiction. His best-known novels are The Praying Mantises and Return from the Ashes which have been adapted into TV and motion pictures. His works are characterized by their literary sophistication and mordant wit while exploring moral and philosophical issues. He was called "one of the more eclectic and diversified dabblers in crime" and "the most literary of all the French crime novelists."
