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Les adieux
Une Suédoise et un prince russe émigré, ancien général, conspirateur, escroc, mythomane, se rencontrent à Paris, unissent leur solitude, échangent leur amitié, se font souffrir. Ensemble, ils traversent les événements qui ont bouleversé la France : la guerre de 1939-1940, l'occupation, la libération. Et c'est, en définitive, leurs tentatives répétées pour se faire admettre dans la communauté française, leurs luttes à l'intérieur du catholicisme, de la bourgeoisie française, du malheur politique français qui nous sont narrées. Réfugiés l'un contre l'autre, enfouis dans ce «creux de Paris» que rencontre un jour Choralita Brichs, l'héroïne, au cours de ses pérégrinations, ces étrangers montrent par leur déchirement que la vraie vie est faite d'un mouvement volontaire d'abandon, de renoncement, d'adieu… «Les adieux, c'est ce qui fait le moins mal, lorsque personne ne vous regarde vous en aller.»
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1956
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About the author
François-Régis Bastide
22 booksFrançois-Régis Bastide (1 July 1926; Biarritz – 16 April 1996; Paris) was a French writer, diplomat, politician, and radio host.
Bastide was born in Biarritz in the French Basque Country on 1 July 1926 and attended school in Bayonne. In October 1944 he joined the 2nd Armored Division led by General Leclerc and participated in the last phase of the WWII Western Front operations.
Bastide published his first book, the novel Lettre de Bavière, in 1947. He continued to publish books regularly and won the Grand Prix de la Critique for his 1953 biographical essay Saint-Simon par lui même about Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon and the Prix Femina for his 1956 novel Les Adieux. In 1953 Bastide began a parallel career as a book editor working for the Éditions du Seuil where he worked for close to thirty years. Bastide also wrote for the theatre (Siegfried 78) and for television (most notably Le Troisième concerto which won the grand prix de la Télévision in 1963 and L'Éducation sentimentale, a mini-series adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education).
In 1981 Bastide received the Pierre de Régnier Prize of the Académie française for his lifetime achievements.
Bastide was born in Biarritz in the French Basque Country on 1 July 1926 and attended school in Bayonne. In October 1944 he joined the 2nd Armored Division led by General Leclerc and participated in the last phase of the WWII Western Front operations.
Bastide published his first book, the novel Lettre de Bavière, in 1947. He continued to publish books regularly and won the Grand Prix de la Critique for his 1953 biographical essay Saint-Simon par lui même about Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon and the Prix Femina for his 1956 novel Les Adieux. In 1953 Bastide began a parallel career as a book editor working for the Éditions du Seuil where he worked for close to thirty years. Bastide also wrote for the theatre (Siegfried 78) and for television (most notably Le Troisième concerto which won the grand prix de la Télévision in 1963 and L'Éducation sentimentale, a mini-series adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education).
In 1981 Bastide received the Pierre de Régnier Prize of the Académie française for his lifetime achievements.
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