num_pages: 128
description: The author captures that precious, painful moment when childhood retreats at the onslaught of dawning knowledge and desire. Philippe and Venca are childhood friends. In the days and nights of late summer on the Brittany coast, their deep-rooted love for each other loses its childhood simplicity.
language: English
title: Ripening Seed
titlecomplete: Ripening Seed
genres: Fiction, France, French Literature, Roman, Womens, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century
ratings_count: 2866
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Zack Rogow
publisher: Penguin Books