Trente ans d’amour fou

novel by Rolin

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Trente ans d’amour fou (Thirty Years of Passionate Love) is a novel by Belgian author Dominique Rolin. Published in 1988, the book recalls her annual visits to Venice. Rolin, known for her exploration of themes like birth, death, and family, embraced new narrative techniques throughout her prolific career. Amour fou itself translates from French as "mad love" or "obsessive passion". Rolin's work often delves into intense emotional landscapes and psychological introspection.12

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Dominique Rolin
Trente ans d’amour fou (1988; “Thirty Years of Passionate Love”) recalls her annual visits to Venice. Her later works include Train de rêves (1994; “Train of Dreams”); Les Géraniums (1993), a collection of short stories that had been published separately between 1934 and 1980; Le…
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Trente ans d’amour fou (1988; “Thirty Years of Passionate Love”) recalls her annual visits to Venice. Her later works include Train de rêves (1994; “Train of Dreams”); Les Géraniums (1993), a collection of short stories that had been published separately between 1934 and 1980; Le…
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