Marcel Pagnol's grandson objects to the inclusion of a portrait of the mayor of Marseille on a page of his work. Benoît Payan's entourage denounces a "ridiculous" controversy.
9,500 copies of this flagship work in the “Childhood Memories’ series will be published and distributed at the end of the school year to Marseille students leaving primary school. The books, ordered from Éditions Grasset by the Marseille town hall, will include a short text signed by Payan.