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Astragal

By Albertine Sarrazin

Astragal Contemporary literature

Astragal

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'My Albertine, how I adored her! Her luminous eyes led me through the darkness of my youth. She was my guide through the nights of one hundred sleeps. And now she is yours.' At the age of twenty-one, a sad and hungry Patti Smith walked into a bookshop in Greenwich Village and decided to spend her last 99 cents on a novel that would change her life forever. The book was Astragal, by Albertine Sarrazin. Sarrazin was an enigmatic outsider who had spent time in jail and who wrote only two novels and a book of poems in her short life - she died the year before Patti found her book, at the age of twenty-nine. Astragal tells the story of Anne, a young woman who breaks her ankle in a daring escape from prison. She makes it to a highway where she's picked up by a motorcyclist, Julien, who's also on the run. As they travel through nights and days together, they fall in love and must do whatever they can to survive, living their lives always on the edge of danger. A bewitching and timeless novel of youthful rebellion and romance, this new edition of Patsy Southgate's original translation includes an introduction by Patti Smith.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2014-03-20
Publication Date:
2014-03-20
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1846689414
ISBN13:
9781846689413
Weight:
175 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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