Le Grand Meaulnes (The Wanderer)

Redirected from The Wanderer (Alain-Fournier novel)) Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier who was killed in the first month of WW I. It is somewhat biographical - especially the name of the heroine Yvonne, with whom he had a doomed infatuation in Paris. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his friendship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the search for the unobtainable, and the mysterious world between childhood... The Illustrator Andre Dignimont has made for this Edition, thirty two pen- and-pencil-plus-wash drawings, a three in-one technique that combines grace with strength, delicacy with power. Beautiful Gift to be appreciated for many years.
HERITAGE PRESS, New York, 1958. Heritage Club Edition with SANDGLASS. Translated by Francoise Delisle, introduction by Henri Delisle and Illustrated by Dignimont. Near Mint, clean and Vibrant. Slipcace Very good ++ very slight shelf wear at bottom.
Good quality paper, Hermes Eggshell Natural White. The binding is blue-silken finish cloth, and the spine is stamped in three colors.