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A Dark Stranger (French: Un beau ténébreux) is a 1945 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. It tells the story of an enigmatic guest whose presence at an isolated resort hotel in Brittany strangely affects a small group of fellow vacationers.
- Julien Gracq
- 1945
A Dark Stranger moves in a lavishly described trance state, and the desolate vacation beaches of the Breton coast form a perfect surrealist backdrop. Of course, nothing here is entirely ordinary either.
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- 1945
- Julien Gracq
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Jun 27, 2015 · Since the dawn of human civilization, two warring factions of near-immortals – the descendants of the gods of old – have been secretly shaping its destiny. Kian's small clan championing progress, freedom and peace; their powerful enemy propagating ignorance, hate, and war.
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A dark stranger : Gracq, Julien, 1910-2007 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Gracq, Julien, 1910-2007. Publication date. 2009. Topics. Suicide -- Fiction, Suicide -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Suicide, Brittany (France) -- Fiction, Bretagne (France) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, France -- Brittany. Publisher. London : Pushkin
One by one, each guest is fatally drawn to Allan. And, as the hazy August heat fades and summer comes to an end, they gravitate towards self-destruction. Rich, lushly poetic, A Dark Stranger is a dreamlike portrayal of lives lived on the edge of the abyss.
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I See a Dark Stranger – released as The Adventuress in the United States – is a 1946 British World War II spy film with touches of light comedy, starring Deborah Kerr and Trevor Howard. It was written and produced by the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, with Launder directing.
A Dark Stranger. Julien Gracq. Pushkin Press, 2009 - Fiction - 255 pages. Two lovers arrive at a seaside hotel in 1920's Brittany. The other guests soon become ...
