The Tragic Innocents
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Author | René Barjavel |
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Original title | Tarendol |
Translator | Eithne Wilkins |
Cover artist | J. Buckland-Wright |
Language | French |
Publisher | Éditions Denoël |
Publication date | 1946 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1948 Hamish Hamilton |
Pages | 425 |
The Tragic Innocents (French: Tarendol) is a 1946 novel by the French writer René Barjavel. It tells the story of two teenagers, Jean Tarendol and Marie Margherite, who fall in love in occupied France during World War II. The story is set in an imaginary region inspired by the author's native Drôme. The book was published in English in 1948, translated by Eithne Wilkins.[1]
Reception
Kirkus Reviews wrote: "This is a story of young love, set in war-time France, poetic, passionately written, with much of beauty -- and yet with an aura of unreality, which perhaps is intentional, in keeping with the mood of the lovers. ... An odd blend of sophistication, of Gallic outspokenness, with a simplicity, almost a naivete, makes this unique in its field. Beautifully translated by Eithne Wilkins, the English text loses nothing of the grace of language."[2]
Adaptation
The novel was adapted into a 1980 television serial with the same title directed by Louis Grospierre. The serial ran in four episodes starring Jacques Penot as Jean, Florence Pernel as Marie and Daniel Gélin as Bazalo.[3]
References
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- Les Chemins de Katmandou (1969)
- The Immortals (1973)
- Les Dames à la licorne (1974)
- Une rose au paradis (1981)
- La Tempête (1982)
- L'Enchanteur (1984)
- Women Without Names (1950)
- Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
- Midnight Witness (1953)
- The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
- L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (1954)
- Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
- Goubbiah, mon amour (1956)
- The Terror with Women (1956)
- The Case of Doctor Laurent (1957)
- The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
- Girls for the Summer (1958)
- Les Misérables (1958)
- Toto in Paris (1958)
- An Angel on Wheels (1959)
- The High Life (1960)
- Highway Pickup (1963)
- The Pleasure Pit (1969)
- Le grand secret (1989)
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