# The Foreign Student - Paperback

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by **Philippe Labro** (Author)

**A #1 bestseller in France, this is a nostalgic portrait of a French scholarship student's discovery of America during the academic year of 1954-1955.**

_I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be American, like any ordinary student, because I figured that was my only chance to survive the immense loneliness looming ahead of me. I was elated to be there, in that remote Virginia alley, on that college campus. I was elated because back there, far away in France, my brothers would never experience this. And the school friends I left behind--they too were missing out on this tremendous adventure._

Soon the young freshman becomes seduced by American culture and the popular icons of the mid-fifties: Jack Kerouac, Elvis Presley, James Dean, Fats Domino . . . a green Buick convertible, drive-in movies, and pretty Grace Kelly lookalikes in tight cardigans.

**Praise for _The Foreign Student_**

"One of those books that is beyond criticism . . . a vivid portrait of life, American style."**\--_L'Express_**

"A love affair with America . . . told with precision, clarity, and warmth."**\--_France-Soir_**

"A _Sentimental Education_ of the American South."**\--_Lu_**

"A grand risk, successfully realized . . . F. Scott Fitzgerald, French style. A splendid novel about a fragile, fugitive era."**\--_Magazine Litteraire_**

"The freshness of a first novel combined with nuanced reporting."**\--_Le Monde_**

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8.74 x 5.52 IN

**Publication Date:** May 12, 1988

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