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Jules et Jim

By Henri-Pierre Roche, Patrick Evans (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9780714529585

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Jules arrives from Austria in belle epoque Paris, where he is befriended by Jim. Together they embark upon a riotously Bohemian life, full of gaiety, color and bustle. And then there is Kate, the enigmatic German girl with the mysterious smile.

Capricious, untamed and curiously innocenContinue

Jules arrives from Austria in belle epoque Paris, where he is befriended by Jim. Together they embark upon a riotously Bohemian life, full of gaiety, color and bustle. And then there is Kate, the enigmatic German girl with the mysterious smile.

Capricious, untamed and curiously innocent, Kate steals their hearts in turn, and so begins the moving and tender story of three people in love, with each other and with life. Francois Truffaut, whose film of the novel is one of cinema's greatest achievments, has called Jules et Jim "a perfect hymn to love."

Henri-Pierre Roche devoted his life to the arts, numbering Duchamp, Brancusi, Braque, Satie and Picasso amongst his closest friends. Jules et Jim, an autobiographical novel, was originally published in France in 1953 and was followed by Deux Anglaises et le Continent, which Truffaut also made into a film.

"A delightful account of people sharing and unsharing each other."?Times Literary Supplement

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  • I thought I'd read this book before seeing the classic film ... but have been disappointed at how irritating all the characters are, and how the story doesn't really go anywhere, and often just feels repetitive. The two lead men - best friends Jules and Jim - happily share their women, and the lead ... (continue)

    I thought I'd read this book before seeing the classic film ... but have been disappointed at how irritating all the characters are, and how the story doesn't really go anywhere, and often just feels repetitive. The two lead men - best friends Jules and Jim - happily share their women, and the lead woman Catherine just comes across as a selfish, over-indulged 'goddess' who regularly abandons her children to have exciting and intense romantic adventures. ...Maybe I'm just envious of her ability to put her happiness absolutely before everyone else's... But it all just seems too idealistic in its perfection - and therefore irritating. It reminds me of a bad autobiography.

    See Germaine Greer's more detailed review of the film and the subject matter of the book:
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/24/francoistru…

    I'm still going to watch the film ;-)

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