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Edition 36 (1938)

NovelFrench literatureLiterary award

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Henri Troyat あんり・とろや Winner

A psychological novel about a young man surrounded by his mother and three sisters, who gradually loses his place as affection, control, dependence, and inferiority pull against one another. Within a sealed family setting, subtle distortions in human relationships slowly intensify.

Inside a closed house, affection turns into control almost without notice.

285 pages
psychologyfamilycontroldependence