by Philippe Besson · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266164269
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«Un instant d'abandon» is the novel by Philippe Besson published by Pocket in paperback (180 pages, in French).
The action begins in autumn in a coastal town in Cornwall, where a man returns who was convicted years ago for a crime the community has not forgiven. He does not come back to apologize, but to try to reclaim an innocence that was taken from him, while the past and its shadows settle back into his life.
The novel first appeared in 2005; the Pocket edition dates from September 7, 2006.
For readers of contemporary French fiction looking for stories about memory, guilt and redemption.
Philippe Besson is a French writer, playwright and screenwriter. Besson was born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente, and has written a total of 23 novels, several of which have been adapted for cinema or theater.
