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4 de jul. de 2022 · “A king alone, without distractions, is a man of misery.” “So it’s fine to be alone,” George said, summarizing what he took from this aphorism. “So long as you have your distractions.”
Un roi sans divertissement (lit. "a king without distraction"), published in English as A King Alone, is a 1947 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. The narrative is set between 1843 and 1848 in the French Prealps and follows a police officer who discovers unpleasant truths about himself during a murder investigation.
A King Alone is set in a remote Alpine village that is cut off from the world by rugged mountains and by long months when the ground is covered with snow and the heavens with cloud. One such winter, villagers begin mysteriously to disappear.
27 de ago. de 2019 · At the heart of the story lies the mysterious Langlois, who visits the village one winter to solve a bizarre series of murders and abductions. Langlois is the “king” of the title, supremely self-possessed, unerringly competent; he is a potent crossbreed of the monk and the military man.
4 de jul. de 2022 · On the Writer’s Voice podcast, Rachel Kushner reads her story “A King Alone,” from the July 11 & 18, 2022, issue of The New Yorker.
Details. Reviews. An existential detective story by one of France's most popular modern writers, set in a mid-nineteenth century mountain village, available in English for the first time.
4 de jul. de 2022 · Deborah Treisman interviews the author Rachel Kushner about “A King Alone,” her story from the July 11 & 18, 2022, issue of The New Yorker.
