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501 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1956
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Henri Troyat
509 books271 followersTroyat was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist.
Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in 'Tant que la terre durera'.
Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.
Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.
He was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest serving member of the Academy.
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Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in 'Tant que la terre durera'.
Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.
Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.
He was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest serving member of the Academy.
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May 7, 2014
I'm so fond of Henri Troyat's sagas. In many ways his work is a throwback to 19th-century novels by the likes of Zola or George Eliot. Expansive, limpid, classically written prose -- I have a special fondness for his extensive use of the imperfect subjunctive, which has pretty much died out now. His novels are slices of real life, with vivid, believable characters who develop in a realistic way, with every tiny detail carefully thought out.
This is number 3 (of 5) in les Semailles et les Moissons, set in the late 1920s, and it's at this point that Amélie's daughter Elisabeth takes centre stage. She's wilful, determined, courageous, and recognisably Amélie's daughter despite the differences in character. The action moves from a busy cafe in Montmartre, to a strict Catholic boarding school deep in the countryside, to the home Elisabeth's kindly schoolteacher uncle and aunt. Every location is completely convincing; you feel Troyat has lived there himself. Above all, I've read this book three times and I'm always amazed at the way Troyat, a middle-aged man, finds his way into the head of a nine-year old girl growing up with a minimum of guidance from her loving but overworked parents. Utterly compelling and believable.
This is number 3 (of 5) in les Semailles et les Moissons, set in the late 1920s, and it's at this point that Amélie's daughter Elisabeth takes centre stage. She's wilful, determined, courageous, and recognisably Amélie's daughter despite the differences in character. The action moves from a busy cafe in Montmartre, to a strict Catholic boarding school deep in the countryside, to the home Elisabeth's kindly schoolteacher uncle and aunt. Every location is completely convincing; you feel Troyat has lived there himself. Above all, I've read this book three times and I'm always amazed at the way Troyat, a middle-aged man, finds his way into the head of a nine-year old girl growing up with a minimum of guidance from her loving but overworked parents. Utterly compelling and believable.
October 7, 2023
Toujours aussi attirée par l’univers de Troyat . Même si il était moins bon que les 2 précédents il n’en reste pas moins une super belle histoire de vie
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