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Atlantic Island

By Tony Duvert, Purdey Lord Kreiden (Translator), Michael Thomas Taren (Translator)
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By Tony Duvert, Purdey Lord Kreiden (Translator), Michael Thomas Taren (Translator)
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A forgotten gem of French literature, Duvert's version of The Lord of the Flies: an indictment against the violence embedded in a middle-class community.

Tony Duvert's novel Atlantic Island (originally published in French in 1979) takes place in the soul-crushing suburbs of a remote island off the coast of France. It is told through the shifting perspectives of a group of pubescent and prepubescent boys, ages seven to fourteen, who gather together at night in secret to carry out a series of ...

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FictionLiteratureFiction SubjectsWorld FictionHumorous FictionLiterary FictionFrench FictionSatire20th Century French Fiction