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Le Bonheur Des Uns... (Ldp Litterature)
in8. 1967. Cartonné.
407 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Maurice Druon
194 books757 followersMaurice Druon was born in Paris. He is the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel, with whom he wrote the Chant des Partisans, which, with music composed by Anna Marly, was used as an anthem by the French Resistance during the Second World War.
In 1948 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Les grandes familles. On December 8, 1966, he was elected to the 30th seat of the Académie française, succeeding Georges Duhamel.
While his scholarly writing earned him a seat at the Académie, he is best known for a series of seven historical novels published in the 1950s under the title Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings).
He was Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1973 and 1974 in Pierre Messmer's cabinet, and a deputy of Paris from 1978 to 1981.
Source: Wikipedia
In 1948 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Les grandes familles. On December 8, 1966, he was elected to the 30th seat of the Académie française, succeeding Georges Duhamel.
While his scholarly writing earned him a seat at the Académie, he is best known for a series of seven historical novels published in the 1950s under the title Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings).
He was Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1973 and 1974 in Pierre Messmer's cabinet, and a deputy of Paris from 1978 to 1981.
Source: Wikipedia
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May 31, 2024
Ok, you can snicker at me, I most definitely did not read it in French.
Anyway, it's quite a collection of short stories, ranging from dramas to tragedies. Without particularly pointing any of them, and breaking the promise immediately, I would like to say that the one about the coffin was an absolute disaster. Maurice completely misses half of his shots with either creating a situation which makes no sense or by forgetting what all the fuss was about. Same with the one about a mad lady and a firestorm.
Other stories are quite good and you can see recurring characters as well as decent, sometimes deadly accurate comparisons. The best one is probably about an aristocrat hiding from revolutionists and the one about the holidays of a certain gentlemen or the one on being unlucky. Without doubt, Maurice sacrifices the descriptions and sometimes forgets the plotlines only to create a dynamic spark of imagination.
Anyway, it's quite a collection of short stories, ranging from dramas to tragedies. Without particularly pointing any of them, and breaking the promise immediately, I would like to say that the one about the coffin was an absolute disaster. Maurice completely misses half of his shots with either creating a situation which makes no sense or by forgetting what all the fuss was about. Same with the one about a mad lady and a firestorm.
Other stories are quite good and you can see recurring characters as well as decent, sometimes deadly accurate comparisons. The best one is probably about an aristocrat hiding from revolutionists and the one about the holidays of a certain gentlemen or the one on being unlucky. Without doubt, Maurice sacrifices the descriptions and sometimes forgets the plotlines only to create a dynamic spark of imagination.
February 8, 2023
Ce recueil est fort, façonné par un style étincelant et par une imagination intelligente, nourrie de l'observation sans concession des travers de ses contemporains.
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