The Lost Estate

An unforgettable French masterpiece in the spirit of The Catcher in the Rye-in a dazzling new translation.
When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring, ...

An unforgettable French masterpiece in the spirit of The Catcher in the Rye-in a dazzling new translation.
When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring, and charisma. But when he attends a strange party at a mysterious house with a beautiful girl hidden inside, he is changed forever. Published here in the first new English translation since 1959, this evocative novel has at its center both a Peter Pan in provincial France-a kid who refuses to grow up-and a Parsifal, pursuing his love to the ends of the earth. Poised between youthful admiration and