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Edition 22 (1947)

Literary awardFrench LiteratureNovelNonfiction

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Jean Cayrol じゃん かいろる Winner

Focusing on people who are easily overlooked in the city crowd, the novel explores loneliness and the desire for connection. Its two interwoven narratives make it a novel about searching for lost intimacy.

A quiet postwar novel that listens closely to lives too easily overlooked.

283 pages
lonelinessthe citysolidaritypostwar France