The title is
Proust, Prix Goncourt
.
But it's the subtitle that best explains this superb investigation:
A literary riot
.
A quick reminder: before the Goncourt prize awarded to Proust for
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Bloom
, on December 10, 1919, the five novels crowned in the previous years all evoked the First World War.
We understand better the feat of the author of the research, but also the audacity of the Goncourt Academy which knew that it was going against the grain of public opinion.
Thierry Laget, who had contributed to the edition of
In Search of Lost Time
in the “Pléiade”, immersed himself in this moment when Proust was awarded the Goncourt prize against Roland Dorgelès, author of Les
Croix de bois
… C This is really the story of
“a literary riot”
.
Read alsoThe monumental correspondence of Marcel Proust reissued in November
Excavated, documented, this story reads like a thriller.
We find all the ingredients there: low blows, shenanigans, manipulations, oppositions, main characters with strong characters, supporting roles...
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