Climats

By André Maurois

Book Overview

This magnificently written novel is imbued with subtle yet profound psychological insights of a calibre that arguably rivals Tolstoy's. Within, Phillipe Marcenat, an erudite yet conventional industrialist from central France, falls madly in love with and marries the beautiful but unreliable Odile - despite his family's disapproval. Soon, Phillipe's possessiveness and jealousy drive her away. Brokenhearted, Phillipe then marries the devoted and sincere Isabelle and promptly inflicts on his new wife the very same woes he endured at the hands of Odile.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590515382
• ISBN13: 9781590515389
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Best in Love

This is the best book ever written about the subject: love. The reader feels identified with several parts (or chapters)of the book. Odile and Isabelle are the two different stages of love in any relationship. The book has to be read!

Profound

It took me a few pages to realize that this was a book of substance, and once that began I accelerated through it rapidly! The last section (Isabelle's) is very touching and she is a very tragic, compassionate figure.