551 pages ; 25 cm A passionate but ultimately tragic love affair starts when two students, one French, one English, meet at university at the beginning of the sixties. From its tentative, unpromising early stages, the relationship develops into a life-changing one, whose profound impact continues to reverberate forty years later A passionate but ultimately tragic love affair starts when two students, one French, one English, meet at university at the beginning of the sixties. From its tentative, unpromising early stages, the relationship develops into a life-changing one, whose profound impact continues to reverberate forty years later A passionate but ultimately tragic love affair starts when two students -- one French, one English -- meet at university at the beginning of the 60s. From its tentative, unpromising early stages, the relationship develops into a life-changing one, whose profound impact continues to reverberate 40 years later