Alain-Fournier, christened Henri Alban, was born in La Chapelle
d'Angillon (Cher) in 1886, the son of a country school-master. He
was educated at Brest and in Paris, where he met and fell in love
with the original Yvonne, who influenced his whole life and work.
The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) was published in 1912. Les
Miracles appeared posthumously in 1924. Alain-Fournier's important
correspondence with Jacques Rivi re and his letters to his family
were published in 1926 and 1930 respectively. Alain-Fournier was
killed in action on the Meuse in 1914.
Robin Buss is a writer and translator who works for the Independent
on Sunday and as television critic for The Times Educational
Supplement. He is part-author of the article 'French Literature' in
Encyclopaedia Britannica and has published critical studies of
works by Vigny and Cocteau, and three books on European cinema, The
French Through Their Films (1988), Italian Films (1989) and French
Film Noir (1994). He has also translated a number of volumes for
Penguin Classics.
Adam Gopnik is a New Yorker staff writer and author of the recently
published Paris To The Moon.
“I read it for the first time when I was seventeen and loved every
page. I find its depiction of a golden time and place just as
poignant now as I did then.” ―Nick Hornby
“[A] favorite . . . a beautiful and mysterious story about the end
of childhood.” ―Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review
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