A Change of Heart (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Michel Butor
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Phenomenological and psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1955 or 1956
- Setting: The third-class compartment of a train traveling between Paris and Rome
- Principal Characters: Leon Delmont, Henriette Delmont, Cecile Darcella
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Self-discovery, Memory, Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Paris, Adultery, Trains, Rome
- Locales: Europe
The Novel
In A Change of Heart, Michel Butor describes the observations, recollections, thoughts, and fears of Leon Delmont during a twenty-two-hour train ride between Paris and Rome. For several years, Leon has traveled regularly in the first-class section in order to attend meetings at the Rome headquarters of Scabelli, the Italian typewriter company whose Paris office he directs. For the last two years, Leon and Cecile Darcella have been having an affair during his frequent trips to Rome. Leon has finally decided to separate from his wife, Henriette, and to...
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