Un barrage contre l'Atlantique
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| Author | Frédéric Beigbeder |
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| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
Publication date | 5 January 2022 |
| Publication place | France |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9782246826552 |
Un barrage contre l'Atlantique (lit. 'A Dam Against the Atlantic') is a 2022 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
Un barrage contre l'Atlantique is an autobiographical novel similar to Frédéric Beigbeder's previous A French Novel and has the subtitle Un roman français, tome 2 (lit. 'A French Novel, Volume 2'). It is largely told in fragments, consisting of paragraphs with one sentence each. Inspired by a painting he spontaneously buys, Beigbeder reminisces about his life and French society, from his childhood in the 1970s through his time as a dandy in Paris, his relationship with Laura Smet, and his hermit-like life in Guéthary. The book was written at the compound of Benoît Bartherotte, a wealthy man who tries to stop the erosion of Cap Ferret by building a large and unauthorised seawall.[1]