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Vercors

Born

in Paris, France

February 06, 1902

Died

June 10, 1991

Website

http://www.leseditionsdeminuit.com/f/index.php?...

Genre

Short Stories, Literature & Fiction, Satire

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Vercors was the pen name of Jean Marcel Bruller, taken from a French province where Bruller fought during the early stages of the Second World War. During the Nazi occupation of France in the 1940s, Vercors/Bruller co-founded the clandestine publishing operation Les Éditions de Minuit (The Midnight Press) and was a key literary figure in the Resistance.

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Average rating: 3.76 · 9,373 ratings · 897 reviews · 98 distinct works • Similar authors

	Le Silence de la mer 3.85 avg rating — 6,356 ratings — published 1942 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Animaux dénaturés 3.74 avg rating — 890 ratings — published 1952 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zoo ou l'Assassin philanthrope 3.47 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 1963 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contes des cataplasmes 4.12 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Raft of the Medusa by Vercors, Audrey Foote (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Silence de la mer / La Marche à l'étoile really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Armes de la nuit et La Puissance du jour 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1951 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Mots 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1944 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La marche à l'étoile 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1943 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Bataille du silence 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1967 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Certes, sous les silences d'antan, -comme, sous la calme surface des eaux, la mêlée des bêtes dans la mer, -je sentais bien grouiller la vie sous-marine des sentiments cachés, des désirs et des pensées qui se nient et qui luttent.”
― Vercors, Le Silence de la mer

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“Above all, let's hope we never take ourselves too seriously.”
― Vercors, La Bataille du silence

tags: france, resistance, world-war-ii

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“All of man’s troubles have arisen from the fact that we do not know what we are and do not agree on what we want to be.”
― Vercors

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