Love Lasts Three Years (French: L'amour dure trois ans) is a 1997 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
| 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 |
Plot
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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.