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My Friends | Emmanuel Bove, Janet Louth
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Victor Baton is a wounded war veteran trying to reestablish his prewar lifestyle but avoid work. Living in a run-down boardinghouse, Baton spends his days searching Paris for the modest comforts of warmth, cheap meals, and friendship, but he finds little. Despite his desperate situation, Baton remains vain and unsympathetic, a Bovian antihero to the core. Bove himself called My Friends, published in France in 1923, a "novel of impoverished solitude."
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emilyhaldi
My Friends | Emmanuel Bove, Janet Louth
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Ok friends, I‘ve pulled 3 NYRB classics off my shelf as nominees for May‘s #NYRBbookclub selection 🤓 Vote away!!

arubabookwoman I'm going to vote for During the Reign of the Queen of Persia. 4y
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Leftcoastzen Wow again I will not be disappointed by any of these but my pick is 4y
merelybookish A comparison to Marilynne Robinson? Yes please! 4y
GatheringBooks Thank you so much for having this up early! 💕💕📚📚📚🧚🏼‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️ 4y
sarahbarnes Such great picks off your shelf! I vote for 4y
LeahBergen Ooo, this is a toughie. 🤔 I‘ll vote for 4y
daena Great choices! I‘ll got with 4y
Liz_M I don't any of these, but they all look good! I am voting for the title I have almost bought several times: During the Reign of the Queen of Persia (edited) 4y
BarbaraBB Somehow that Williams cover reminds me of Skylark! However, my vote goes to the one I‘m having on my shelves too: 4y
vivastory Stellar choices!! I'm going with During the Reign of the Queen of Persia 4y
catebutler These were so hard to choose from! My vote is for, During the Reign of the Queen of Persia. 4y
emilyhaldi Wow, the vote seems to be unanimous so far... 😯 4y
Reviewsbylola 100% Persia! 4y
saresmoore I would vote for Persia, but I‘m intrigued by the Williams debut, so just to be obstinate... 4y
youneverarrived Looks like a clear choice already but I love the sound of 4y
quietjenn Oh, I've been eyeing Persia for ages, so will vote for 4y
Billypar I was on the fence between the Chase and the Bove, but seeing the votes is helping my choice! 4y
Suet624 Queen of Persia!!!!! 4y
sprainedbrain I‘m going to vote for Queen of Persia too... peer pressure! 😉 4y
sisilia I‘ve read all of them, but curious to know what you all think about Queen of Persia. So I vote for that 4y
batsy Nice picks! Yay for Queen of Persia as it's already one I own 🎉 My Friends sounds really interesting, too. 4y
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sisilia
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3⭐️ “Solitude, what a sad and beautiful thing it is! How beautiful when we choose it! How sad when it is forced upon us year after year!” The main character Victor Baton is a pitiful chap; he is poor and has no friends 😭

I found this novella so much similar to George Orwell‘s Down and Out in Paris and London; Bove‘s style is sharper and of faster pace it was an enjoyable read despite the depressing theme

Cinfhen Sounds dreadful 😜 5y
TheSpineView Not sure if I could make it to the end of a depressing book. 5y
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sisilia
My Friends | Emmanuel Bove, Janet Louth
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Currently reading....

My first #nyrbclassics in 2020. How many will I read this year? 🤔

Leftcoastzen Nice cover! 5y
Suet624 I‘m guessing 18 5y
emilyhaldi That's a good question!! How many did you read last year? 🤔 5y
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