King Cophetua

Julien Gracq

Adapted for the film, Rendez-vous a Bray, 1971, directed by Andre Delvaux and starring Anna Karina.

“Mr. Gracq is one of the more stimulating and original imaginations in contemporary French literature.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“A mesmerizing novella with a top-notch translation.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“This slender but beautifully written work takes us into a phantasmagoric world otherwise known as the war-torn French countryside circa 1917....King Cophetua, with its theme of anxiety created by a distant, media-driven war, proves an apt metaphor for our time.”
—East Bay Express

4 3/4 x 7 1/4, 96 pages, Paperback, $12.95, ISBN 1-885586-86-8

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About the Author

Julien Gracq, born in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, where he lives today, is France’s preeminent living writer. His work includes essays, criticism, fiction and journalism. This retiring and misunderstood figure refused the Goncourt Prize when it was awarded him in 1951.

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