Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier

Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier

Set in provincial France in 1922, this is a classic humorous novel on the subject of village character and intrigue. For the provision of a public urinal, the mayor is prepared to stake his reputation, never dreaming of the events which would develop into the infamous "scandals of Clochemerle".

Gabriel Chevallier (1895-1969) was the son of a notary clerk and lived in Lyon for most of his life. He was called up at the start of World War I and wounded a year later. Returning to the front, he spent the remainder of the war as an infantryman, and was ultimately awarded the Croix de Guerre and named Chevalier de la Lü¾Ž–”¼gion d'Honneur. He began writing Fear in 1925 but did not publish it until 1930, a year after his first novel, Durand: voyageur de commerce, was released. Fear was suppressed during World War II and not made available again until 1951, by which time Chevallier had earned international fame for his Clochemerle (1934), a comedy of provincial French manners of the Beaujolais region that sold several million copies. In all Chevallier would write twenty-one novels, including several more set in the fictional village of Clochemerle.

John Berger is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including To the Wedding, the Into Their Labours trilogy, About Looking, Ways of Seeing, and G., for which he won the Booker Prize. His most recent book is Understanding a Photograph, a collection of his writings about photography, edited by Geoff Dyer. He lives in a small rural community in France.

Malcolm Imrie's translations from the French include Guy Debord's Comments on the Society of the Spectacle and Josü¾Ž–”¼ Pierre's Investigating Sex: Surrealist Discussions 1928-1932. His translation of Gabriel Chevallier's Fear won the Scott Moncrieff Prize, the most prestigious award for a French-to-English translation.

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ISBN 13	9780749313449
ISBN 10	0749313447
Title	Clochemerle
Author	Gabriel Chevallier
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	1993-01-14
Number of pages	35
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