Julien Gracq

Vid Syrterns stränder är roman från 1951 av den franske författaren Julien Gracq. Handlingen skildrar det fiktiva furstendömet Orsenna som sedan 200 år har varit i krig med landet Farghestan, ett krig där inga strider har utkämpats på årtionden men ingen fred heller har slutits. Huvudpersonen är en man som är …

A Balcony in the Forest is a 1958 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. It tells the story of a French lieutenant, Grange, who is assigned to an old fortified building in the forest of the Ardennes in the autumn of 1939, where he waits at the outbreak of World War II together with a few men. An English translation …

A Dark Stranger is a 1945 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. It tells the story of two lovers, Allan and Dolorès, who stay at an isolated hotel in Brittany where they have decided to kill themselves.

The Narrow Waters is a 1976 essay collection by the French writer Julien Gracq. The topic of the book is Èvre, a left tributary of the river Loire, located close to where the author grew up. The book was published by José Corti. An English translation by Ingeborg M. Kohn was published in 2004.