Love Lasts Three Years (novel)

Love Lasts Three Years
AuthorFrédéric Beigbeder
Original titleL'amour dure trois ans
TranslatorFrank Wynne
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Grasset
Publication date
1997
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
2007
Pages233

Love Lasts Three Years (French: L'amour dure trois ans) is a 1997 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.

Plot

The former dandy Marc Marronnier divorces Anne after three years of marriage. He has fallen in love with Alice and tries to convince her to leave her husband.

Reception

The Daily Telegraph's Alastair Sooke compared Love Lasts Three Years to Holiday in a Coma, a 1994 novel by Beigbeder about the same main character. Sooke said it retains "splashes of the acid wit" from the earlier book, but Love Lasts Three Years is a more reflective work with simpler language and fragmentary chapters, which successfully convey the feeling of being in love.[1]

The English translation by Frank Wynne, published in a shared edition with Holiday in a Coma, received the 2008 Scott Moncrieff Prize.[2]

Adaptation

The book was the basis for the 2011 film Love Lasts Three Years, written and directed by Beigbeder and starring Gaspard Proust.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sooke, Alastair (12 July 2007). "Into the dungeons of depravity". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ Flood, Alison (30 September 2008). "Awards bring translators out of 'darkened rooms'". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. ^ Nesselson, Lisa (14 January 2012). "Love Lasts Three Years". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 January 2023.