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480 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1967
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Henri Troyat
510 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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February 25, 2025
داستان کوتاهی که روایتگر عشقی یک طرفه و آتشین بود.عشق مردی ثروتمند که در ناز و نعمت زندگی کرده و حالا به دلیل اعتصاب رانندگان رو آورده به مترو.مترویی که در عمرش فقط یک بار و در هشت سالگی سوارش شده و حالا که سوار مترو میشه عاشق خانم جوانی میشه که مسئول پانچ کردن بلیط مردمه.داستان از توصیف عشق و حال و هوای آقای لامارتینیر به خوبی برآمده اما پایان داستان رو ابدا درک نکردم.
September 10, 2022
I loved these short stories, filled with gentle irony, often mysterious and mystical, in which the characters find themselves in extraordinary and supernatural circumstances, be it a spinster who marries the Devil, poor family father who sells himself to an undertaker or a philantropist who attempts to improve his supordinates' life through their dreams.
Most of the stories are really amusing in spite of the fact that the Author exposes a variety of human vices, especially vanity, pride, narrow-mindedness and cruelty.
Most of the stories are really amusing in spite of the fact that the Author exposes a variety of human vices, especially vanity, pride, narrow-mindedness and cruelty.
May 26, 2022
اگه بخوام «تجربههای کوتاه» رو رتبهبندی کنم مقام اول میرسه به «اتهام به خود»، ردهی دوم رو هم همین «خانم حوا» صاحب میشه.
May 13, 2013
Listened to "Les Mains" and "Faux marbre".
August 8, 2009
Qu'est-ce qu'elle fait, Ève? Elle poinçonne des tickets de métro. Geste banal ? Non, geste envoûtant qui va conduire un P.D.G. aux limites de l'amour et de la folie.
Les autres personnages de ce livre étonnant ne sont pas moins étranges.
II y a la manucure qui se fait épouser par le plus difficile de ses clients et vit avec lui des jours d'or, de soufre et de soie;
l'affreux philanthrope aux initiatives malheureuses;
l'homme solitaire puis rêve d'un enterrement de patriarche;
le couple bizarre qui révolutionne la Salle des Ventes de Versailles;
l'obsédé du marbre pour qui la chair même n'est belle que veinée;
d'autres encore...
II y a surtout l'immense talent d'Henri Troyat, chatoyant, fascinant, qui se souvient ici qu'il est Russe et que les histoires les plus invraisemblables ne sont pas forcément les moins vraies.
Les autres personnages de ce livre étonnant ne sont pas moins étranges.
II y a la manucure qui se fait épouser par le plus difficile de ses clients et vit avec lui des jours d'or, de soufre et de soie;
l'affreux philanthrope aux initiatives malheureuses;
l'homme solitaire puis rêve d'un enterrement de patriarche;
le couple bizarre qui révolutionne la Salle des Ventes de Versailles;
l'obsédé du marbre pour qui la chair même n'est belle que veinée;
d'autres encore...
II y a surtout l'immense talent d'Henri Troyat, chatoyant, fascinant, qui se souvient ici qu'il est Russe et que les histoires les plus invraisemblables ne sont pas forcément les moins vraies.
January 12, 2018
Гротескные, нетривиальные, странные, непонятные, но такие правдивые и, местами, очень даже глубокие истории.
October 20, 2020
Прекрасные короткие рассказы. Юмор, мистика, сатира. Прекрасный язык
February 10, 2017
A nice easy reading in French, with lightness, wit and a bit of macabre for a good balance. Stories about people who are lead by passions into completely expected arrival points...
July 15, 2022
Short stories with some absurd or paranormal endings. They're quick and engaging, but these endings can be quite silly.
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