"HOLY WEEK"

By: Louis Aragon (1897-1992). 

Hardcover novel from Louis Aragon, famed French surrealist author and artist.

Set during the French Revolution, this book was first published in French in 1958. 

The book covers the week of 19 to 26 March 1815, when Napoleon Bonaparte, after escaping from captivity on the island of Elba, sought to regain power from the French King Louis XVIII. The main character in the novel, the painter Théodore Géricault, who has renounced his artistic career for a military one,accompanies the king on his flight from Paris, but as the king continues to flee across the frontier into Belgium, Géricault begins to have doubts about his own loyalties and the implications of his potential choices. The book got “blah”reviews from a literary point of view, but this is still of great interest as a collector’s item for those who follow art history, Aragon’s career, and so on.

This is the 1961 English translation. It is 468 pages long, and published in London,England, by Hamish Hamilton. The book is hardcover, bound in black cloth, with a dustjacket. The book is in good condition. Inside is clean, tight spine,dustjacket has some shelfwear. Seems to be missing the title page, though the half-title is present. It is very heavy, so the top bidder should add $19.99 for postage within North America. I can mail this overseas as well, but please ask for a postage quote). I have other, similar books up for sale now, so please check them out too! Multiple books always combined to save on postage,& full refund if you’re not happy. Thanks for looking!