Sebastien Roch

by Octave Mirbeau

'In the catalogue of novels about lives distorted by unhappy schooldays, Mirbeau's contribution must be one of the bitterest. He follows the young, carefree Sebastien from a small French town to the bleak Breton coast. There the Jesuit fathers, in whom his snobbish father has placed so much trust, heap misery upon misery. The ironmonger's son is mocked by France's adolescent aristocracy and turns for comfort to the perfidious priests. An angry novel,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1873982437
• ISBN13: 9781873982433
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"