{"title":"Raymond Radiguet","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaymond Radiguet's works delve into the complexities of youthful passion and the often turbulent emotions that accompany it. His writing, marked by its clarity and intensity, captures moments of love, desire, and betrayal with a striking immediacy that resonates deeply within the realm of \u003cem\u003eGeneral Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect narratives that explore the intricacies of human relationships through a lens both tender and unyielding. With a style that balances poetic sensitivity and unadorned prose, Radiguet's stories invite reflection on the darker and more delicate facets of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-devil-in-the-flesh-by-raymond-radiguet-9780241372616","title":"The Devil in the Flesh","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most startling literary debuts of all time, now in Penguin Black Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the First World War reaches its final year, an illicit love affair begins between a sixteen-year-old boy and a young woman married to a soldier at the front. They meet secretly in her flat on the outskirts of Paris, in cornfields and on river banks. When she receives letters from her husband, they burn them together. Intoxicated by passion, they cannot bear to end their affair, even when it causes a scandal among their friends and neighbours. Instead, they can only hurtle towards tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in spare, haunting prose when Raymond Radiguet was still a teenager, this semi-autobiographical novel became an instant bestseller and its author was hailed as a genius, before dying tragically at the age of twenty. Expressing all the anguish and joy of adolescence, it is a work of startling imagery and subtle beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532986732780,"sku":"9780241372616","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25525493482273.jpg?v=1749356833"},{"product_id":"the-devil-in-the-flesh-by-raymond-radiguet-9781805331575","title":"The Devil in the Flesh","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this novel of desire, possession and perdition, an unnamed adolescent narrator meets the slightly older Marthe in Paris at the start of the First World War when her husband-to-be is away at the Front. The narrator is at a loose end—precocious and apathetic, he has given up school, and in the general chaos of wartime, no occupation has been found for him. At first out of boredom, he sets about gaining a hold on Marthe, but finds himself falling deeper in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey plunge into an affair, full of sensual pleasure and cruel power games. But as their ill-kept secret becomes widely known—and when Marthe falls pregnant—the consequences of their heedlessness begin to unfold. Freedom and passion are confronted by convention and martial honour, with tragic repercussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis scandalous, sexy novel rocketed its teenage author into overnight fame when it was published in the 1920s—and was all the more shocking because it was based on his own experiences during the war. Its incredible success and the flamboyant antics of its author foretold a brilliant career, but Radiguet died a few months after publication, aged only twenty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Devil in the Flesh\u003c\/em\u003e remains a compelling exploration of youthful passion and societal constraints, capturing the imagination of readers even today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496561819884,"sku":"9781805331575","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805331575-the-devil-in-the-flesh.jpg?v=1775799018"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/raymond-radiguet.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}