Love Lasts Three Years (novel)
| Author | Frédéric Beigbeder |
|---|---|
| Original title | L'amour dure trois ans |
| Translator | Frank Wynne |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 2007 |
| Pages | 233 |
Love Lasts Three Years (French: L'amour dure trois ans) is a 1997 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
Plot
[edit]The former dandy Marc Marronnier divorces Anne after three years of marriage. He has fallen in love with Alice and tries to convince her to leave her husband.
Reception
[edit]The Daily Telegraph's Alastair Sooke compared Love Lasts Three Years to Holiday in a Coma, a 1994 novel by Beigbeder about the same main character. Sooke said it retains "splashes of the acid wit" from the earlier book, but Love Lasts Three Years is a more reflective work with simpler language and fragmentary chapters, which successfully convey the feeling of being in love.[1]
The English translation by Frank Wynne, published in a shared edition with Holiday in a Coma, received the 2008 Scott Moncrieff Prize.[2]
Adaptation
[edit]The book was the basis for the 2011 film Love Lasts Three Years, written and directed by Beigbeder and starring Gaspard Proust.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sooke, Alastair (12 July 2007). "Into the dungeons of depravity". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ Flood, Alison (30 September 2008). "Awards bring translators out of 'darkened rooms'". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ Nesselson, Lisa (14 January 2012). "Love Lasts Three Years". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 January 2023.