Рассказы французких писателей

This collection is not an anthology, but rather an almanac. Various short stories depict the life and spiritual world of France in the 20th century. If Vildrac's humorous short story refers to 1906, when he, together with Jules Roman, Duhamel and others, organized the poetic phalanster "Abbey", then many stories are devoted to the era of occupation and Resistance or the life of modern France. The style of the authors is different: if Pierre Boulle analyzes the psychology of his hero, resorting to traditional analysis and classical construction of phrases, if Merle in a historical short story is inspired by Stendhal, without being afraid of stylization, then Curtad's story "The End of Italy" is modern in form and akin to American short stories. writers. The collection includes excellent examples of the French novel.