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Suite romanesque: Les Semailles et les Moissons #4
Les semailles et les moissons: Tendre et violente Élisabeth
À dix-neuf ans, Élisabeth est toute de grâce impertinente et d'humeur libre et joyeuse. Ses parents, les amoureux des "Semailles et les moissons", ont vendu leur café du boulevard Rochechouart pour acheter un hôtel à Mégève. Dans ce décor de vacances, c'est un va-et-vient de clients toujours changeants, toujours les mêmes. Ils témoignent à Élisabeth une admiration qui la flatte, mais elle refuse de se laisser entraîner dans une banale aventure saisonnière.
Sûre d'être à l'abri des surprises sentimentales, elle n'en est que plus bouleversée lorsque surgit l'inquiétante figure de Christian.
Jamais Troyat ne s'est montré aussi puissant que dans la peinture de cette jeune femme comblée puis accablée par le destin qu'elle a choisi.
Sûre d'être à l'abri des surprises sentimentales, elle n'en est que plus bouleversée lorsque surgit l'inquiétante figure de Christian.
Jamais Troyat ne s'est montré aussi puissant que dans la peinture de cette jeune femme comblée puis accablée par le destin qu'elle a choisi.
- GenresRomanceHistorical
469 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1957
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Henri Troyat
507 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 9, 2014
Troyat skips forward about 8 years and Elisabeth is now 19. Her parents have sold the cafe in Montmartre and are now running a hotel in Megève. Troyat clearly loved the Alps and knew the environment like the back of his hand. The impression that stays with me from reading this book previously is above all the atmosphere of the mountains, the snow, the sensations of skiing so well conveyed (not that I have ever skied personally!).
Here, Elisabeth displays the worst traits of her impulsive, passionate character. She's unable to see the dangers of her relationship with the manipulative, lascivious Christian, ten years older than her, and makes a series of wrong choices -- or rather, just lets things happen to her, with other people making decisions that suit them. The end result is pain and suffering for everyone she loves, and of course for Elisabeth herself. But they are the sort of mistakes that most of us make when we are nineteen. Again, Troyat writes so convincingly about the feelings and actions of a 19-year old girl trying to find herself. I might like this book even more than La Grive, just because even when you know what happens you are wincing and begging Elisabeth to stop and realise the damage she is doing.
Here, Elisabeth displays the worst traits of her impulsive, passionate character. She's unable to see the dangers of her relationship with the manipulative, lascivious Christian, ten years older than her, and makes a series of wrong choices -- or rather, just lets things happen to her, with other people making decisions that suit them. The end result is pain and suffering for everyone she loves, and of course for Elisabeth herself. But they are the sort of mistakes that most of us make when we are nineteen. Again, Troyat writes so convincingly about the feelings and actions of a 19-year old girl trying to find herself. I might like this book even more than La Grive, just because even when you know what happens you are wincing and begging Elisabeth to stop and realise the damage she is doing.
September 13, 2018
Pénible mais tellement beau. (Livre acheté chez un bouquiniste du 14e Paris en juin 2017, lu en Terre-Neuve et sur St-Pierre-et-Miqulon en septembre 2018.)
April 30, 2025
IJ'avais déjà adoré les trois premiers tomes de cette saga familiale qie j'avais lus il y a un ou deux ans; mais je dois avouer que celui ci est le plus prenant; tout le long de ce roman ( qui se dévore sans même s'en apercevoir dans la plume de Troyat est parfaite ) on se demande si Elizabeth réussira à dominer son désir violent et dévorant pour Christian et si son amour pour Patrice ( qui au fond n'est peut-être qu'une illusion ou une consolation ? ) parviendra à la remettre dans le droit chemin. Nous regardons l'héroïne s'auto-détruire ou plutôt laisser les autres la détruire. C'est magnifique et terrible, comme Elizabeth. Je recommande et je n'ai qu'une hâte, c'est de lire le tome final et de, enfin, connaître le dénouement de cette superbe saga.
October 26, 2023
Plus le choix que d’acheter le dernier , plaisir coupable cette saga 🥰
April 19, 2024
More stories like this please.
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August 20, 2024every single scene with christian was vomit-inducing. well-written though
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