Bøger af Henri Alain-Fournier

"Min store ven", der udkom første gang i 1913, er en klassiker i fransk litteratur.Romanen skildrer venskabet mellem François Seurel, der fungerer som bogens fortæller, og Augustin Meaulnes. Meaulnes‘ fascination af og forelskelse i adelspigen Yvonne de Galais er omdrejningspunkt for fortællingen, mens den impulsive, dumdristige og tapre Meaulnes selv er indbegrebet af den romantiske helt.Henri Alain-Fournier (1886-1914), eller Henri-Alban Fournier som var hans døbenavn, nåede kun at skrive en enkelt roman, før han faldt ved fronten under Første Verdenskrig. "Le grand Meaulnes" – på dansk "Min store ven" – blev til gengæld sin generations mest udbredte roman, og den opnåede nærmest mytisk status blandt den franske ungdom i 1920‘erne.

When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house and a beautiful girl hidden within it, he has been changed forever. In his restless search for his Lost Estate and the happiness he found there, Meaulnes, observed by his loyal friend Francois, may risk losing everything he ever had. Poised between youthful admiration and adult resignation, Alain-Fournier s compelling narrator carries the reader through this evocative and unbearably poignant portrayal of desperate friendship and vanished adolescence.

When Augustin Meaulnes arrives in Francois' home, he changes everything. On one of his escapades, Meaulnes gets lost in the countryside finds himself at an extraordinary party where he meets the girl of his dreams. From this point on he is haunted by her memory and devotes his life, with Francois' willing help, to finding her again.