Un Sac de Billes Routledge Foreign Literature Classics Series

The full French text is accompanied by vocabulary explanations. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.

Introduction; 1940-44 The general background: from collaboration to resistance; Les Compagnons de France; From emancipation to concentration camp: anti- Jewish measures; Christian reactions to antisemitism; Joseph Joffo and Un Sac de Billes; Joseph Joffo's life and works; Characters; Autobiographical writing and retrospection Style; Symbols and structure; Humour; An assessment of Joffo's novel; Optimism and pessimism: from novel to life; NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION; UN SAC DE BILLES; Chapters I-XI; NOTES TO THE TEXT

Joseph Joffo, Paul Brooke