Love Lasts Three Years (novel)
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| Author | Frédéric Beigbeder |
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| Original title | L'amour dure trois ans |
| Translator | Frank Wynne |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 2007 |
| Pages | 233 |
Love Lasts Three Years (French: L'amour dure trois ans) is a 1997 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
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]
