Madame

<strong>Madame</strong> tells the story of a charmingly selfabsorbed teenager as he pursuessexual and intellectual maturityand the woman of his dreamsin Communi... » 

Madame tells the story of a charmingly selfabsorbed teenager as he pursuessexual and intellectual maturityand the woman of his dreamsin Communistdominated Warsaw of the early 70s. His French teacher Madame is the objectof both his affections and aspirations as news of the Cultural Revolution inthe West seeps through the Communist walls. Libera paces his exuberant youngheros fulminations fantasies and discoveries beautifully building aremarkably subtle characterization of a free mind in a repressive culture.Recalling The Graduate and even the romantic films of Truffaut Libera gives usone of the most wily unforgettable and unabashed young narrators incontemporary fiction. «