Mémoires d'un jeune homme dérangé

1990 novel by Frédéric Beigbeder

978-2-7103-0442-5

Mémoires d'un jeune homme dérangé (lit. 'Memoirs of a deranged young man') is the debut novel of the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder, published in 1990.

Background

Beigbeder wrote Mémoires d'un jeune homme dérangé when he was 24 years old, after Denis Tillinac, then CEO of Éditions de la Table ronde, asked if he had written any novel. According to Beigbeder, he quickly put together the notes that formed the basis for the largely autobiographical novel.^[1]

Plot

Marc Marronnier is a young man who parties a lot. He falls in love, which has negative consequences for him.^[1]

Reception

Roland Jaccard of Le Monde asked if Mémoires d'un jeune homme dérangé was "the most snobbish novel of the year?" and wrote that Beigbeder has written a "boy meets girl" story in a simultaneously "terse and incomplete style".^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Lapaque, Sébastien (28 July 2013). "Frédéric Beigbeder, un jeune homme si sage". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ Jaccard, Roland (7 September 1990). "Frédéric Beigbeder, ricaneur patenté". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2023. Le roman le plus snob de la rentrée ? ... Dans un style à la fois lapidaire et lacunaire, Frédéric Beigbeder joue l'inusable ritournelle Boy meets girl..."