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Malevil - قلعه مالویل
حوادث داستان در مناطق روستایی کشور فرانسه و در اواخر قرن بیستم می گذرد. شخصیت اصلی کتاب امانوئل کمت است؛ مردی که سابقا مدیر مدرسه بوده و اکنون به کشاورزی و مزرعه داری روی آورده است. او همچنین یک مکان توریستی[قلعه ا ی قدیمی به نام مالویل در روستای مجاور]دارد. کمت، مردی بسیار با انگیزه و قابل احترام بوده و به سیاست و رهبری علاقه نشان می دهد. امانوئل و چند تن از دوستانش، به هنگام آغاز جنگی هسته ای، در انبار شراب قلعه به سر می برند و همین موضوع باعث می شود که آسیبی به آن ها نرسد، اما همه چیز در اطراف آن ها به خاکستر تبدیل می شود. اعضای این گروه تصمیم می گیرند تا تحت رهبری امانوئل، به بازسازی پیرامون خود بپردازند و خیلی زود متوجه می شوند که افراد و حیوانات دیگری نیز در مزارع و روستاهای مجاور توانسته اند از انفجار جان سالم به در ببرند. با گذشت زمان و پیشروی داستان، سر و کله ی نجات یافتگان بیشتری پیدا شده و بعضی از آن ها با خود، مرگ و ویرانی را برای این اجتماع نوظهور به ارمغان می آورند.
The story takes place in the rural regions of France toward the end of the twentieth century. The main character is Emmanuel Comte, a former school principal who has turned to farming and running a farm. He also owns a tourist attraction-a historic castle called Malvil in a neighboring village. Comte is a highly motivated and respected man who has an interest in politics and leadership.
When a nuclear war breaks out, Emmanuel and several of his friends happen to be inside the castle's wine cellar. This circumstance saves them from the blast, while everything around them is reduced to ashes. Under Emmanuel's leadership, the group decides to rebuild their surroundings. They soon discover that other people and animals in nearby farms and villages have also survived the explosion.
As the story progresses, more survivors begin to appear, and some of them bring death and destruction to this newly emerging community.
The story takes place in the rural regions of France toward the end of the twentieth century. The main character is Emmanuel Comte, a former school principal who has turned to farming and running a farm. He also owns a tourist attraction-a historic castle called Malvil in a neighboring village. Comte is a highly motivated and respected man who has an interest in politics and leadership.
When a nuclear war breaks out, Emmanuel and several of his friends happen to be inside the castle's wine cellar. This circumstance saves them from the blast, while everything around them is reduced to ashes. Under Emmanuel's leadership, the group decides to rebuild their surroundings. They soon discover that other people and animals in nearby farms and villages have also survived the explosion.
As the story progresses, more survivors begin to appear, and some of them bring death and destruction to this newly emerging community.
584 pages, Paperback
Published September 24, 2026
About the author
Robert Merle
120 books288 followersBorn in Tebessa located in, what was then, the French colony of Algeria. Robert Merle and his family moved to France in 1918. Merle wrote in many styles and won the Prix Goncourt for his novel Week-end à Zuydcoote. He has also written a 13 book series of historical novels, Fortune de France. Recreating 16th and 17th century France through the eyes of a fictitious Protestant doctor turned spy, he went so far as to write it in the period's French making it virtually untranslatable.
His novels Un animal doué de la raison (A Sentient Animal, 1967), a stark Cold War satire inspired by John Lilly's studies of dolphins and the Caribbean Crisis, and Malevil (1972), a post-apocalyptic story, were both translated into English and filmed, the former as Day of the Dolphin. The film Day of the Dolphin bore very little resemblance to Merle's story.
He died of a heart attack at his home La Malmaison in Grosrouvre near Paris.
His novels Un animal doué de la raison (A Sentient Animal, 1967), a stark Cold War satire inspired by John Lilly's studies of dolphins and the Caribbean Crisis, and Malevil (1972), a post-apocalyptic story, were both translated into English and filmed, the former as Day of the Dolphin. The film Day of the Dolphin bore very little resemblance to Merle's story.
He died of a heart attack at his home La Malmaison in Grosrouvre near Paris.
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October 22, 2026
خواستم بنویسم شاید برای دوران خودش خوب بوده. ولی دیدم ۱۹۷۹ منتشر شده. پس برای دوران خودش هم حرفی برای زدن نداشته. البته کاملا میشه فهمید که چرا امتیاز بالایی گرفته. از اون کتابایی که توهم درک کردن کامل طبیعت بشر رو به خواننده میده.
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