In the Absence of Men

Paris, summer of 1916. German airships already cast shadows over the sky, and men are leaving for the front. For sixteen-year-old Vincent, who remains in the city under the care of women, this is a time of triumphant freedom.
But everything changes with his first love for a French soldier, Arthur Valles, and his acquaintance with the famous writer Marcel Proust. Amid letters filled with sensual secrets and first passionate revelations, his journey into adulthood begins.